CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Multiple Hearsay
.........Prop. 115
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If contemporaneously translated statement fairly can be attributed to declarant under particular circumstances of case, applying pertinent factors, translation does not add hearsay layer.

Testimony of noninvestigating officer, with no direct connection with case, witnesses or Ds, is improper multiple hearsay under Prop. 115.

Probable cause may be based on hearsay, but not multiple hearsay, testimony of properly qualified investigating officer.

Magistrate's finding of probable cause at prelim based on improper and unauthorized use of multiple hearsay by officers.

Probable cause cannot be based on officer's multiple hearsay statements which fail to qualify as Prop 115 exception to hearsay testimony.