Is an expert's need to consider extrajudicial matters, and a jury's need for information sufficient to evaluate an expert opinion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Catlin, 109 Cal.Rptr.2d 31, 26 Cal.4th 81, 26 P.3d 357 (Cal. 2001):
Nonetheless, "[b]ecause an expert's need to consider extrajudicial matters, and a jury's need for information sufficient to
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evaluate an expert opinion, may conflict with an accused's interest in avoiding substantive use of unreliable hearsay, disputes in this area must generally be left to the trial court's sound judgment." (People v. Montiel, supra, 5 Cal.4th at p. 919, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 705, 855 P.2d 1277.)[26 Cal.4th 74]
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