§ 1242. — 1242. (Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

California § 1242.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code EVID: Evidence Code - EVID
• Div. 10.: DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule
• Art. 4.: ARTICLE 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations

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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.

Legislative History

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.