Evidence of a person’s general reputation with reference to his character or a trait of his character at a relevant time in the community in which he then resided or in a group with which he then habitually associated is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1324
Reputation and Statements Concerning Community History, Property Interests, and Character
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 66 Cal. 2d 63 - People v. Eli (1967)
Most recently applied in People v. Powell (September 2018)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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