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Cal. Evid. Code § 1242
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§ 1242 [Dying Declaration Hearsay Exception]
Division 10: Hearsay Evidence | Chapter 2: Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule | Article 4: Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations
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Rule Text
Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement was made upon his personal knowledge and under a sense of immediately impending death.
Amendment history: Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.