In what circumstances will a defendant be convicted of a charge of vehicular manslaughter after a trial where the prosecution submitted expert testimony that did not attend the trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hicker v. San Diego Cnty. Superior Court, CASE NO. 13cv2957-WQH (JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
People v. Lopez. In Lopez, the defendant was convicted of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after a trial in which the prosecution submitted into evidence "expert [] testimony about certain information in a report prepared by someone who did not testify at trial." 286 P.3d at 471. The Lopez court stated,
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