If, at the designated time and place, it is shown to the satisfaction of the magistrate that the stated ground for conditional examination is not true or that the application was made to avoid the examination of the witness at the trial, the examination cannot take place.
Cal. Penal Code § 1341
Examination of Witnesses Conditionally
Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 567, Sec. 3
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