What is the test for admitting victim impact evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wilson, 114 P.3d 758, 30 Cal.Rptr.3d 513, 36 Cal.4th 309 (Cal. 2005):
Finally, we have rejected the claim that admitting victim impact evidence as a "circumstance[ ] of the crime" under section 190.3, factor (a), renders this provision unconstitutionally vague. (People v. Boyette (2002) 29 Cal.4th 381, 445, fn. 12, 127 Cal.Rptr.2d 544, 58 P.3d 391.)
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