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Cal. Evidence Code § 600 (2026)

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(a)A presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action. A presumption is not evidence.

(b)An inference is a deduction of fact that may logically and reasonably be drawn from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 175 cases (32 in the last 5 years), 1968–2026 · leading case: Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc., 107 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 967 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009).
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Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc., 107 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 967 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “” (Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (a), italics added.”
Ortega v. Kmart Corp., 36 P.3d 11 (Cal. 2001). · cites it 2× “Evidence Code section 600, subdivision (b), defines an inference as “a deduction of fact that may logically and reasonably be drawn from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action.”
People v. Rodriguez, 971 P.2d 618 (Cal. 1999). · cites it 2× “Whether Merritt was on the roof of the five-story apartment building and could perceive and identify the killer on the street below is an intermediate fact. (Evid. Code, § 780, subds.”
People v. Marshall, 931 P.2d 262 (Cal. 1997). · cites it 2× “One may logically and reasonably infer from this evidence (Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (b)) that defendant intended to deprive H.”
People v. Thompson, 611 P.2d 883 (Cal. 1980). · cites it 2× “The admission of the uncharged Breakers robbery was used to establish appellant's specific intent to steal at the time of the shootings of Whalen and June.”
People v. Johnson, 71 P.3d 270 (Cal. 2004). · cites it 2× “" (Evid.Code, § 600.) It is presumed that the Legislature, when it enacts a law that uses a term defined in another statute, is aware of the statutory definition.”
People v. Davis, 303 P.3d 1179 (Cal. 2013). · cites it 2× “” (Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (b).) However, “[a] reasonable inference .”
People v. Roder, 658 P.2d 1302 (Cal. 1983). · cites it 3× “In this regard, Evidence Code section 600 explicitly distinguishes a “presumption” from an “inference,” providing that “[a] presumption is an assumption of fact that the law requires to be made from another fact or group of facts found or otherwise established in the action”…”
People v. Bland, 898 P.2d 391 (Cal. 1995). · cites it 2× “" (Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (b).) The evidence just described does not require the trier of fact to assume any fact "from another fact or group of facts" and thus does not raise a presumption.”
Los Altos El Granada Investors v. City of Capitola, 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4062 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “” (Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (a).) “A statute providing that a fact or group of facts is prima facie evidence of another fact establishes a rebuttable presumption.”
People v. Chavez, 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 20 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “I choose to analyze the majority opinion as applying a "presumption" of retroactivity as does Robbins and employ the definitions directed by the Evidence Code.”
People v. Johnson, 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 586 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2019). “' ( Evid. Code, § 600, subd. (b).) However, '[a] reasonable inference .”
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— Cal. Evidence Code § 600(b) — 2 cases
Giacalone v. Malget (In Re Malget), 165 B.R. 933 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1994).
People v. Farley CA4/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025).
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