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2024 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 4 - Admitting and Excluding Evidence
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions
Section 351.1.
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CA Ev Code § 351.1 (2024)
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351.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the results of a polygraph examination, the opinion of a polygraph examiner, or any reference to an offer to take, failure to take, or taking of a polygraph examination, shall not be admitted into evidence in any criminal proceeding, including pretrial and post conviction motions and hearings, or in any trial or hearing of a juvenile for a criminal offense, whether heard in juvenile or adult court, unless all parties stipulate to the admission of such results.
(b) Nothing in this section is intended to exclude from evidence statements made during a polygraph examination which are otherwise admissible.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 202, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 1983.)
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