{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-520","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 520","heading":"","body":"The party claiming that a person is guilty of crime or wrongdoing has the burden of proof on that issue.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 5. BURDEN OF PROOF; BURDEN OF PRODUCING EVIDENCE; PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES [500. - 670.]","CHAPTER 1. Burden of Proof [500. - 524.]","ARTICLE 2. Burden of Proof on Specific Issues [520. - 524.]"],"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":"05847a3dcd1a499a16dfc03a0f44d2e8c76b511c32607cd61a0b38e34cb3293d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-502","next":"us-ca/evid-521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}