P. v. Juliar
Defendant Jeffrey Scott Juliar was found guilty by a jury of theft and securities violations. On appeal he contends that the trial court committed prejudicial error by instructing the jury on the doctrine of adoptive admissions. We agree that the evidence cited by respondent to justify the instruction did not fall within the doctrine, because the statements defendant adopted were not offered for their truth but as evidence of false representations made by defendant to his victims. However, we cannot say that the error was prejudicial, since the instruction appears to have been merely superfluous and unlikely to affect the jury’s verdict in any way harmful to defendant. Accordingly, we will affirm.
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