The rules of evidence in civil actions are applicable also to criminal actions, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
Cal. Penal Code § 1102
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Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case Mercer v. Perez (1968)
Most recently applied in 43 Cal. 4th 737 - People v. Superior Court (May 2008)
Enacted 1872.
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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.
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