CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Presumptions & Burden of Proof
......Criminal Presumptions-Burden of Proof
.........Repealed: Removal of Pistol Serial Numbers
3 Cards On This Topic:

Presumption regarding possession of pistol with altered or obliterated ID marks no longer supported by statute.

Instructing jury that possession of weapon with obliterated serial number is presumptive evidence that possessor removed the number is unconstitutional. [Statute repealed.]

Presumption that possessor of firearm obliterated serial numbers on weapon found to be unconstitutional. [Statute repealed.]