Can a police officer obtain information from a police database?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Romeo, 193 Cal.Rptr.3d 96, 240 Cal.App.4th 931 (Cal. App. 2015):
he obtained information from the database was admissible to prove his receipt of information from an independent source. (See People v. King (1956) 140 Cal.App.2d 1, 5, 294 P.2d 972 [hearsay admissible to prove an officer's state of mind when the legality of police conduct is in issue].)11
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