{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-872.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 872.5","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 1520) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code, in a preliminary examination the content of a writing may be proved by an otherwise admissible original or otherwise admissible secondary evidence.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 7. Examination of the Case, and Discharge of the Defendant, or Holding Him to Answer [858. - 883.]"],"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":"a353bb7d346293eeca50fafa0816c41dc3a24bc3d174ab94f672615d4f1bf662","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-872","next":"us-ca/pen-873"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}