{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-790","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 790","heading":"","body":"Evidence of the good character of a witness is inadmissible to support his credibility unless evidence of his bad character has been admitted for the purpose of attacking his credibility.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","CHAPTER 6. Credibility of Witnesses [780. - 791.]","ARTICLE 2. Attacking or Supporting Credibility [785. - 791.]"],"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":"d5b6c2a1d68a77e023d7535ce6e6eb34b9c1b6fcb1a9c863318a0647d0cb0f21","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-789","next":"us-ca/evid-791"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}