How have courts treated expert testimony in a mental health case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nieves, 11 Cal.5th 404, 278 Cal.Rptr.3d 40, 485 P.3d 457 (Cal. 2021):
(see People v. Spencer (2018) 5 Cal.5th 642, 680, 235 Cal.Rptr.3d 278, 420 P.3d 1102 ). In this context, we conclude the trial court's exclusion of relevant, non-cumulative, expert testimony about defendant's mental condition was an abuse of discretion.
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