{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-770","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 770","heading":"","body":"Unless the interests of justice otherwise require, extrinsic evidence of a statement made by a witness that is inconsistent with any part of his testimony at the hearing shall be excluded unless:\n(a) The witness was so examined while testifying as to give him an opportunity to explain or to deny the statement; or\n(b) The witness has not been excused from giving further testimony in the action.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","CHAPTER 5. Method and Scope of Examination [760. - 778.]","ARTICLE 2. Examination of Witnesses [765. - 778.]"],"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":"9171648fc7d0ccae9e1e1187935052bc2d49f980e2987341a96bb946c7290236","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-769","next":"us-ca/evid-771"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}