CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Computer-Generated Evidence
......Business Records
.........Case Application
............Compilation Programs
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Computerized data retrieval properly admitted even though custodian unfamiliar with software or hardware; custodian's qualifications discussed.

Distinction made between business record computer programs performing compilations and those doing complex calculations.

Computer printouts of D's enrollment of students in Veterans Administration program properly admitted.

For computer billing record to be admissible, witness need only be able to identify record as authentic and specify it was made and preserved in regular course of business.

Testimony re reliability and accuracy of data input into and generated from computer required, as well as proof such data relied upon in ordinary course of business.

Test for admissibility of computer-generated business records.