CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Multiple Hearsay
.........At Preliminary Hearings
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Admissibility of multiple or double hearsay at prelims.

O's testimony in prelim. hearing transcript re prior conviction could not be admitted to prove prior was strike as it came within no exception to hearsay rule.

Multiple level hearsay inadmissible at prelim even when offered by otherwise qualified investigating officer.