CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Minor's Stmts re: Sex Abuse
.........In General
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Statements by minor sex crime victim as foundation for admitting D's confession.
  • Statement by minor V re abuse or neglect - if child unavailable, statement may be admitted only if evidence of the child abuse or neglect that corroborates the statement made by the child.
  • Because notice and unavailability requirements not met, mother's testimony about child abuse victim's out of court statements not properly admitted per Evid. Code §1360 hearsay exception.