CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Method of Exam: Direct Exam
......Refreshing Recollection
.........Admission Into Evidence
............Introduction Not Permitted
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Party using document to refresh recollection may not introduce it into evidence.

Use of illegal recording of phone conversation to refresh recollection of participant permissible; recording itself inadmissible.

Document which is inadmissible as matter of law may not be admitted, even if used by witness to refresh recollection.

Mere use of a writing to refresh witness' recollection does not make writing itself admissible.