Are statements in the police report and the prosecutor's questions to Uzel not evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Penunuri, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 324, 418 P.3d 263, 5 Cal.5th 126 (Cal. 2018):
statements in the police report, and the prosecutor's statements about the police report in his questions to Uzel were not evidence. (See People v. Samayoa (1997) 15 Cal.4th 795, 843, 64 Cal.Rptr.2d 400, 938 P.2d 2.)
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