Chapter 7: Hypnosis of Witnesses
California Evidence Code – 2026
§ 795
(a) The testimony of a witness is not inadmissible in a criminal proceeding by reason of the fact that the witness has previously undergone hypnosis f…
§ 990
As used in this article, “physician” means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the patient to be authorized, to practice medicine in any st…
§ 991
As used in this article, “patient” means a person who consults a physician or submits to an examination by a physician for the purpose of securing a d…
§ 992
As used in this article, “confidential communication between patient and physician” means information, including information obtained by an examinatio…
§ 993
As used in this article, “holder of the privilege” means: (a) The patient when he has no guardian or conservator.
§ 994
Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the patient, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, a…
§ 995
The physician who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when t…
§ 996
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient if such issue has been ten…
§ 997
There is no privilege under this article if the services of the physician were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit …
§ 998
There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding.
§ 999
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient in a proceeding to recover…
§ 1000
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased patient, rega…
§ 1001
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach, by the physician or by the patient, of a duty arising o…
§ 1002
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention of a patient, now deceased, with respect …
§ 1003
There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the validity of a deed of conveyance, will, or other wr…
§ 1004
There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding to commit the patient or otherwise place him or his property, or both, under the control of a…
§ 1005
There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the patient to establish his competence.
§ 1006
There is no privilege under this article as to information that the physician or the patient is required to report to a public employee, or as to info…
§ 1007
There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by a public entity to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege (in…
§ 1280
Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in any civil or crimin…
§ 1281
Evidence of a writing made as a record of a birth, fetal death, death, or marriage is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the maker was requi…
§ 1282
A written finding of presumed death made by an employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons A…
§ 1283
An official written report or record that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force, beleague…
§ 1284
Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failur…
§ 1285
Within an official written report or record of a law enforcement officer regarding a sexual offense that resulted in a person’s conviction, the follow…