12.6.5 Threats to Harm

A threat by the abuser to harm the victim is not hearsay. It is an admission by a party opponent.1

• 1La. C.E. art. 801(D)(2)(a); see, e.g., State v. Burmaster, 97-517, p. 18 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/25/98), 710 So. 2d 274, 283.