California Evidence Code
§ 1360
EVID § 1360 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 10 · Ch. 2 · Art. 16
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)In a criminal prosecution where the victim is a minor, a statement made by the victim when under the age of 12 describing any act of child abuse or neglect performed with or on the child by another, or describing any attempted act of child abuse or neglect with or on the child by another, is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if all of the following apply:
(1)The statement is not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule.
(2)The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury, that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of reliability.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 87, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.