CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Writings
......Basic Rules & Definitions
.........Examples of Writings
............Videotapes
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Videotape is writing within meaning of Evid. Code §250.

Videotape of deceased witness' prelim testimony properly admitted in murder trial if proper foundation laid.

Evid. Code §250 includes recording of sounds and pictures within category of writings; hence videotape is properly considered a writing.