ONCALL
...Children and the Law
......Evidentiary Issues
6 Cards On This Topic:

Independent proof of a crime may consist of circumstantial evidence in the form of a police officer's description of V's injuries.

In light of Prop. 47, M's adjudication reversed because no evidence was introduced showing vehicle was worth more than $950; double jeopardy did not prevent retrial.

Juvenile ct. erred in making jurisdictional finding of sexual abuse based entirely on child's hearsay statements where there was no special indicia of reliability in the record.

Sanchez did not bar the admission of a social services report in the absence of its primary author.

Criminal protective order properly included defendant's daughter where he pled to lewd and lascivious acts only involving his niece, but some evidence showed abuse against daughter.

Minor did not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waive his Miranda rights; error not harmless.