Can a complete failure to articulate a theory of admissibility be excused as a technical insufficiency?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Price, 1 Cal.4th 324, 3 Cal.Rptr.2d 106, 821 P.2d 610 (Cal. 1991):
15 We question whether a complete failure to articulate a theory of admissibility can be excused as a "technical insufficiency." (See People v. Carrera (1989) 49 Cal.3d 291, 324-325, 261 Cal.Rptr. 348, 777 P.2d 121.)
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