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| Official/Public Records (police reports) |
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| CA does not automatically exclude police observations in criminal cases under the hearsay exception for "official/public records" |
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CA = privilege applies in both criminal & civil cases
Fed = privilege applies in criminal ONLY |
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| Legal Relevance (defined) |
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| CA = must go to a "disputed" fact |
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| Statements Against Interest |
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Definition
CA = does not require corroborating evidence
Fed = does require corroborating evidence |
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| CA = facts of general interest and notoriety found in published maps or charts, or books of history & science (more narrow than Fed) |
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CA = must be 30 years old
Fed = must be 20 years old |
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| Subsequent Remedial Measures |
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Definition
| CA = in products liability cases, evidence that product was redesigned is admissible to prove original design defective |
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| Expressions of Sympathy following accident |
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Definition
| CA = inadmissible, but accompanying statements of fault admissible |
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| Prior act/conduct with NO conviction |
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CA = not allowed for impeachment in CA
Fed = if conduct related to truthfulness, can be used to impeach |
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