CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Presumptions & Burden of Proof
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Criminal Presumptions-Burden of Proof
.........Receiving Stolen Prop: Dealer
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Dealer presumed to know property stolen if failed to make reasonable inquiry.
Mandatory presumptions, whereby essential elements of crime must be found from proof of basic elements, are unconstitutional. May be reframed as permissible inferences.