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California · Through 2026-09-13

EVID § 502

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  1. Evidence Code - EVID
  2. DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]
  3. CHAPTER 1. Burden of Proof [500. - 524.]
  4. ARTICLE 1. General [500. - 502.]

The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that a party raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

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