CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Business Records
.........Specific Applications
............Computer-Generated Records
7 Cards On This Topic:
  • Computer printouts admissible to prove content of program.
  • Printed representation of image stored on video or digital media admissible to prove existence and content of stored image.
  • VC 21453 conviction reversed where D's expert testimony rebutted the EC 1552 and 1553 presumptions of the reliability of ATES photo evidence, burden of producing evidence shifted to City, and it failed to refute the expert testimony.
  • Deputy’s testimony about computer system and his downloading of computer data was sufficient, along with the content of anonymous 911 recording, to authenticate the recording.
  • Exhibits containing website documents properly admitted, under court's broad discretion, as business records under EC 1271.
  • Computer records may be business records.
  • Admissibility of computer-generated evidence.