California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Malburg, B223580 (Cal. App. 2011):
This section "'permits the court to admit an official record or report without necessarily requiring a witness to testify as to its identity and mode of preparation if the court takes judicial notice or if sufficient independent evidence shows that the record or report was prepared in such a manner as to assure its trustworthiness.' [Citations.] 'In addition to taking judicial notice, a court may rely on the rebuttable presumption that official duty has been regularly performed (Evid. Code, 664) as a basis for finding that the foundational requirements of Evidence Code section 1280 are met.' [Citation.]" (People v. George (1994) 30 Cal.App.4th 262, 274.) "'This presumption shifts the burden of proving the foundational issue of trustworthiness of the method of preparing the official writing to the party objecting to the admission of the official writing. [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (People v. Martinez (2000) 22 Cal.4th 106, 130.)
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