California Supreme Court
Nov. 2, 2011
State justices back use of gang expert testimony
The state Supreme Court on Monday gave prosecutors wide latitude to elicit testimony from criminal gang experts.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Supreme Court on Monday gave prosecutors wide latitude to elicit testimony from criminal gang experts.
The ruling stemmed from a San Diego County prosecutor's use of a gang expert to explain why four men would invite a friend to join them on a street corner and then severely beat him. Using a hypothetical scenario, the expert testified that the motivation for such an attack would be to br...
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