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2015 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 6 - WITNESSES
CHAPTER 6 - Credibility of Witnesses
ARTICLE 2 - Attacking or Supporting Credibility
Section 786.
CA Ev Code § 786 through (2015) Leg Sess What's This?
786. Evidence of traits of his character other than honesty or veracity, or their opposites, is inadmissible to attack or support the credibility of a witness.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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