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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 5 - Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications
Section 987.
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CA Ev Code § 987 (2025)
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987. There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding in which the communication is offered in evidence by a defendant who is one of the spouses between whom the communication was made.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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