In what circumstances will the trial court admonish the jury to disregard the testimony of an injured witness?

Something similar occurred in People v. Melendez, supra, 2 Cal.5th at pages 31-33. There, the prosecution presented evidence that a witness had been injured in a criminal assault. The circumstances in which the evidence was presented implied that the defendant had committed the crime. But anticipated evidence connecting the defendant to the crime never materialized, and the trial court had to admonish the jury to disregard the testimony. We found no error and, given the

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