CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Examples of Hearsay
.........Probation/Presentence Reports
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • W&IC 6600(a)(3) allows the use of multiple-level hearsay to prove the details of the sex offenses for which D convicted.
  • To prove D's prior conviction was serious felony, probation report inadmissible hearsay coming within no exception.
  • Using victim hearsay statements from probation report at probable cause hearing is not DP violation as D has opportunity to challenge them.