How have courts interpreted victim impact statements in civil cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Spencer, 235 Cal.Rptr.3d 278, 420 P.3d 1102, 5 Cal.5th 642 (Cal. 2018):
People v. Brown (2004) 33 Cal.4th 382, 398, 15 Cal.Rptr.3d 624, 93 P.3d 244 ["To the extent [those who give victim impact statements] also recollected past incidents or activities they shared with [the victim], their testimony simply served to explain why they continued to be affected by his loss and to show the victims "uniqueness as an individual human being" "].)
[420 P.3d 1129]
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