Reference no: EM133579609

Question: A woman was found strangled in the front seat of her car, and her friend was charged with murder. At trial, the woman's sister testified that she had seen the friend riding in the front seat of the woman's car with the woman one hour before she was found dead. The friend testified in his defense that, two years ago, the woman had informed her sister and the friend that she had named the friend beneficiary of a $100,000 insurance policy issued on her life, and the sister became very angry. The friend was acquitted of the murder. The friend asked the insurance company to pay him the proceeds from the insurance policy on which he was named beneficiary. When the insurance company refused, the friend sued to force payment. The insurance company defended on the grounds that the friend had killed the woman. Because the sister had died by the time of the trial on the insurance policy, the insurance company offers into evidence a duly authenticated transcript of the sister's testimony from the murder trial. Should the court admit the transcript?