CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Official Records
.........Specific Applications
............Probation Reports
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Probation report containing D's admissions is admissible under Evid. Code §1220 to prove D's prior felony conviction qualified as strike for 3 Strikes.

Error to admit probation and nontestifying experts' reports in MDO case; reports not covered by either business or official records hearsay exceptions.

Probation reports as official records.