Is the prosecution required to accept a stipulation requiring the prosecution to present their case in a witness statement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Holford, C063540 (Cal. App. 2012):
it unduly prejudicial. The prosecution [is] not required to accept such a stipulation or other 'sanitized' method of presenting its case." (People v. Carter (2005) 36 Cal.4th 1114, 1169-1170, italics added.)
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