Evidence Ca -- Testimonial Evidence*

Front 1

CA Testimonial Evidence
Competency
Requirements
(5)

Back 1

1) Personal knowledge
2) Present recollection
3) Communication
4) Sincerity
AND 5) Witness must also understand legal duty to tell truth

Front 2

CA Expert Opinion -- Scientific Facts
Kelley Frye

Back 2

Reliability of scientific opinions determined by PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY EXPERTS IN FIELD

Prop 8 does not apply

Front 3

CA Expert Opinion -- NON-Scientific Facts
Kelley Frye

Back 3

Facts and circumstances

Front 4

CA Learned Treatise Hearsay Exception

Back 4

Only to show matters of general notoriety or interest
(NARROW -- almost never applicable)

Front 5

CA Impeachment with Prior Inconsistent Statement

Back 5

Not hearsay, admissible
same as Fed

Front 6

CA Truth of Matter Assert -- Prior Inconsistent Statement

Back 6

Hearsay, but admissible under CA exception that allows all inconsistent statements regardless of whether under oath or not
different from Fed

Front 7

CA Impeachment -- Prior Felony Conv

Back 7

Felonies re moral turp admissible -- admissible, w/ Court balancing for unfair prejudice

Felonies not re moral turp -- inadmissible

If not moral turp -- irrelevant, Prop 8 cannot save

Age of conviction immaterial, subject to balancing

Front 8

CA Impeachment -- Moral Turpitude Crimes

Back 8

Lying, violence, theft, extreme recklessness, sexual misconduct (not negligent, involuntary acts)

Front 9

CA Impeachment -- Misdemeanor Convictions

Back 9

CIVIL -- Inadmissible to impeach

CRIMINAL Prop 8 allows if moral turp involved subject to balancing

Age of conviction immaterial, subject to balancing

Front 10

CA Impeachment -- Non-Conviction Misconduct Bearing on Truthfulness

Back 10

CIVIL Inadmissible

CRIMINAL Prop 8 allows if moral turp subject to balancing, both 1) cross-examination and 2) extrinsic evidence allowed