The following excerpt is from People v. Arceo, 125 Cal.Rptr.3d 436, 195 Cal.App.4th 556 (2nd Cir. 2011):
13 See also People v. Spriggs (1964) 60 Cal.2d 868, 874, 36 Cal.Rptr. 841, 389 P.2d 377 ("a person's interest against being criminally implicated gives reasonable assurance of the veracity of his statement made against that interest").
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