CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Unavailability Examples
.........Geographical - Criminal
............Unif. Act to Secure Attend of Witnesses
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses; Cal. witness in out-of-state action; procedure; applicability.
  • Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses; out-of-state witness needed to testify in Cal. criminal action; procedure; applicability.
  • Immunity from service or arrest of foreign witness.
  • Deposition properly read into evidence when W unavailable: Diligence in attempting to persuade W to return, and refusal of Ariz. court under uniform witness act, sufficient to find W unavailable.
  • DA used reasonable diligence to secure presence of out-of-state sex assault V at trial-DA not required to use PC 1334 custody-and-delivery provision where it would not be a reasonable means of securing V's presence.
  • Failure to use Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of Witnesses, despite other diligent efforts, compels reversal when former testimony admitted.