Is there an exception to the hearsay rule for "e]vidence of a writing made as a record of a birth"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia-Morteo, A145786 (Cal. App. 2017):
exception for "[e]vidence of a writing made as a record of a birth . . . if the maker was required by law to file the writing in a designated public office and the writing was made and filed as required by law." We review the trial court's admission of evidence under an exception to the hearsay rule for an abuse of discretion. (People v. Martinez (2000) 22 Cal.4th 106, 120.)
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