People v. Castille

In People v. Castille (2005) 129 Cal.App.4th 863, a police officer conducted a joint interview with three defendants charged with murder. (People v. Castille, supra, 129 Cal.App.4th at pp. 868-875.) During the interview, each defendant described the murder, and made statements about his co-defendants' roles in the crime. (Ibid.) The codefendants responded to these statements by confirming their truth. (Id. at pp. 874-875, 881.) The appellate court held that the initial statements and the confirmations of their truth were admissible as adoptive admissions against the defendants who made the confirmations. (Id. at pp. 875-881.)