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  • Nov 4, 2018
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Expert Witnesses and Sanchez

When the California Supreme Court issued People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665, the court severely limited the use of hearsay by prosecution experts. Sanchez involved a police gang "expert," who testified to various hearsay statements in support of street gang allegations. The court ruled: "If an expert testifies to case specific out of court statements to explain the bases for his opinion, those statements are necessarily considered by the jury for their truth, thus render
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