California Evidence Code Section 502

CA Ev Code § 502 (2017)  

The court on all proper occasions shall instruct the jury as to which party bears the burden of proof on each issue and as to whether that burden requires that a party raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018