In what circumstances can the prosecution ask an expert witness if the defense could have subjected the autopsy bullets to their own testing by an independent laboratory?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Munoz, F074536 (Cal. App. 2019):
In People v. Cook (2006) 39 Cal.4th 566, the prosecutor asked an expert witness "if the defense could have subjected the autopsy bullets to its own testing by an independent laboratory." (Id. at p. 607.) The defendant alleged prosecutorial
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