People v. Rubalcava

Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of unlawful contact with streetgang members. Evidence was insufficient to sustain conviction. Officers' testimony and descriptions and interpretations of phtographs are nog facts generally known within territorial jurisdiction of court are not information subject to judicial notice, as they are not capable of accurate and ready determine by resort to authoritative sources. Taking judicial notice of matters of record cannot result in admitting hearsay evidence otherwise prohibited. State presented no evidence, beyond a civil finding, that a person with whom Defendant had contact was a gang member. (BURKE and HUTCHINSON, concurring.)