CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Business Records
.........Specific Applications
............Diaries; Logs; Dispatch Tapes
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Log sheets from pulp mill noting when D arrived and left mill qualified under business records hearsay exception and no abuse of discretion in admitting duplicates under former best evidence rule.
  • Classification as a "business record" does not alone determine whether police dispatch tape admissible as non-testimonial under Crawford.
  • Diaries and logs are business records.