Is third party culpability evidence admissible in cases where a victim has disappeared?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Epps, C073140 (Cal. App. 2016):
where the victim disappeared, absent evidence linking them to the crime, does not qualify as admissible third party culpability evidence]; People v. Samaniego (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 1148, 1175.)
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