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2025 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 5 - BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES
CHAPTER 1 - Burden of Proof
ARTICLE 1 - General
Section 501.
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CA Ev Code § 501 (2025)
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501. Insofar as any statute, except Section 522, assigns the burden of proof in a criminal action, such statute is subject to Penal Code Section 1096.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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