People v. Superior Court (Laxamana)

In People v. Superior Court (Laxamana), 2001 Guam 26, P 40, the Courtadopted a broad definition of "statement" under section 70.10: "we define 'statement' as used in section 70.10 to include any record that embodies or summarizes, in whole or in part, a person's verbal utterance." However, Laxamana involved "witness statements and investigative notes taken by the Office of the Attorney General and the Guam Police Department . . . during their investigation of Laxamana." Id. at P 2. The statements at issue in Laxamana were made during the investigation of the defendant and presumably led to his indictment. Thus, the Laxamana court was not required to address whether the statements were relevant to the case.