California Evidence Code 1285 – Within an official written report or record of a law enforcement …
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Within an official written report or record of a law enforcement officer regarding a sexual offense that resulted in a person‘s conviction, the following statements are not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule at the civil hearing described in § 6602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code when offered to prove the truth of the matter stated:
(a) A statement from a victim of the sexual offense.
Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1285
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- hearing: means the hearing at which a question under this code arises, and not some earlier or later hearing. See California Evidence Code 145
- Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
- Law: includes constitutional, statutory, and decisional law. See California Evidence Code 160
- Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Evidence Code 175
- Statement: means (a) oral or written verbal expression or (b) nonverbal conduct of a person intended by him as a substitute for oral or written verbal expression. See California Evidence Code 225
(b) A statement from an eyewitness to the sexual offense.
(c) A statement from a sexual assault medical examiner who examined a victim of the sexual offense.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 363, Sec. 1. (AB 1253) Effective January 1, 2024.)