CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Unavailability Examples
.........Geographical - Criminal
............Out-of-Country
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  • When gov. can't get witness to trial, admission of videotaped testimony proper if diligent efforts made to have D present at depo or procedures used to allow D to take active role.
  • Foreign citizen outside country considered unavailable.
  • U.S. citizens may be subpoenaed outside of country.