CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Marital Privileges
.........Confidential Marital Communications
............Privilege Upheld
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Either spouse may assert privilege to prevent testimony re communications between spouses; district ct. erred in admitting wife's letter to husband and allowing govt to inquire at trial about their communications.

Absent waiver by both spouses, spouse may not testify to confidential communications; privilege continues after divorce; privilege not to testify or be called compared.