CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Official Records
.........Requirements
............Scope of Duty
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Writing must be made by and within scope of duty of public employee.

Writing must be written or prepared by public employee to be admissible as public record.

Officer's sworn report qualified under Evid. Code §1280 as admissible public employee record, even to extent it reported 2d officer's personal observations.

DMV may prove D's driving for DUI purposes by double hearsay; Gananian exception for double hearsay in police reports adopted.