California Evidence Code

§ 1231

EVID § 1231 Effective Jan 1, 1998Div. 10 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

Evidence of a prior statement made by a declarant is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the declarant is deceased and the proponent of introducing the statement establishes each of the following:

(a)The statement relates to acts or events relevant to a criminal prosecution under provisions of the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 186.20) of Title 7 of Part 1 of the Penal Code).

(b)A verbatim transcript, copy, or record of the statement exists. A record may include a statement preserved by means of an audio or video recording or equivalent technology.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 499, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.