{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-1238","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 1238","heading":"","body":"Evidence of a statement previously made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement would have been admissible if made by him while testifying and:\n(a) The statement is an identification of a party or another as a person who participated in a crime or other occurrence;\n(b) The statement was made at a time when the crime or other occurrence was fresh in the witness’ memory; and\n(c) The evidence of the statement is offered after the witness testifies that he made the identification and that it was a true reflection of his opinion at that time.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","ARTICLE 3. Prior Statements of Witnesses [1235. - 1238.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a284c0d7d80cc27b76b1bee67d403b45db098f4ef62c36e67de51503ca4da1fb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-1237","next":"us-ca/evid-1240"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}