Civil Litigation
Jan. 5, 2013
eDiscovery: traffic camera law quietly enacted
The governor approved a bill that apparently never saw the light of advance public scrutiny, eliminating application of the hearsay rule in connection with red-light photos.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
Say goodbye to the hearsay rule in traffic cases. Historically, lawyers have been accustomed to rely on the fact that the hearsay rule and its exceptions have been cast in stone. Not so in California as of Jan. 1. It is amazing what havoc the almighty dollar, compliant legislators, and an aloof governor can wreck. On Sept. 28, the governor approved a bill that both houses of the state Legislature had delivered to him that apparently never saw the light of advance public scrutiny, ...
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