CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Computer-Generated Evidence
......Business Records
.........Case Application
............Bank Records
 7 Cards On This Topic:
  • Computerized data retrieval of bank records properly admitted even though custodian unfamiliar with software or hardware; custodian's qualifications discussed.
  • Monthly bank checking accounts statements different from other types of business records; no requirement for evidence as to actual method of preparation of records.
  • Existence of air-tight security system not prerequisite for admissibility of computer-generated banking records; test for admissibility stated.
  • Error to admit bank records without sufficient foundation.
  • If other requirements of business records exception met, may introduce computer-generated bank records without supplying technical information about computer or program; reliability assumed from use.
  • Summary of foreign bank records properly excluded where underlying records unavailable for inspection.
  • Testimony from computer-generated bank records improperly admitted where witness unable to lay foundation.


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