CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Computer-Generated Evidence
......Public/Official Records
.........Case Application
9 Cards On This Topic:

Dist. ct. did not err when it relied on PSR, AZ County criminal history computer printout, and PO's statements in determining that D had a prior misdemeanor conviction.

Although GIS mapping software is w/in ambit of PRA exclusion, GIS-formatted database like Orange Cnty's does not—they are public records that, unless otherwise exempt, must be produced on request at actual duplication cost.

Trial ct. properly admitted into evidence report showing GPS signals showing defendant left county at certain dates and times.

Super. Ct. erred in compelling the CHP to produce unredacted records containing personal information derived from CHP 180 forms in light of County of L.A. v. Super. Ct. (Anderson-Barker).

Hearsay evidence from police reports put into police log, then into computer in normal course of business, is not nonhearsay when retrieved from computer; then untrustworthy.

DMV printouts of driving records may be admissible in admin. hearings per Veh. Code, but not intended to supersede 'emphatic' legislative mandate against sole reliance on hearsay

Computer records of routine law enforcement observations properly admitted in criminal trial as public records.

IRS printout of prior contact with D held inadmissible hearsay.

Printouts of tax records certified by Secretary of Treasury properly admissible. "Data compilation" includes electronic storage.