When evidence is admissible as to one party or for one purpose and is inadmissible as to another party or for another purpose, the court upon request shall restrict the evidence to its proper scope and instruct the jury accordingly.
Cal. Evid. Code § 355
General Provisions
Applied in 67 court decisions — leading case 3 Cal. 3d 875 - Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon (1971)
Most recently applied in 6 Cal. 5th 21 - Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp. (August 2018)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.