{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1223","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1223","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 10. HEARSAY EVIDENCE [1200. - 1390.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule [1220. - 1390.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Confessions and Admissions [1220. - 1228.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-10/chapter-2/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"

Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if:

(a) The statement was made by the declarant while participating in a conspiracy to commit a crime or civil wrong and in furtherance of the objective of that conspiracy;

(b) The statement was made prior to or during the time that the party was participating in that conspiracy; and

(c) The evidence is offered either after admission of evidence sufficient to sustain a finding of the facts specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) or, in the court’s discretion as to the order of proof, subject to the admission of such evidence.

","text":"Evidence of a statement offered against a party is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if: (a) The statement was made by the declarant while participating in a conspiracy to commit a crime or civil wrong and in furtherance of the objective of that conspiracy; (b) The statement was made prior to or during the time that the party was participating in that conspiracy; and (c) The evidence is offered either after admission of evidence sufficient to sustain a finding of the facts specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) or, in the court’s discretion as to the order of proof, subject to the admission of such evidence.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/confessions-and-admissions-1223","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}