{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1345","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1345","heading":"","body":"The deposition, or a certified copy of it, may be read in evidence, or if the examination was video-recorded, that video-recording may be shown by either party at the trial if the court finds that the witness is unavailable as a witness within the meaning of Section 240 of the Evidence Code. The same objections may be taken to a question or answer contained in the deposition or video-recording as if the witness had been examined orally in court.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268. - 1424.5.]","CHAPTER 4. Examination of Witnesses Conditionally [1335. - 1345.]"],"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":"6160b7d0f051e26557b086a0a0294aadef64585624d15222a9b79809d1c85d70","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1344","next":"us-ca/pen-1346"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}