Can testimony of an ordinary witness who claims to have heard the confession or damaging admission of a criminal defendant be excluded from evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mayfield, 14 Cal.4th 668, 60 Cal.Rptr.2d 1, 928 P.2d 485 (Cal. 1997):
We are skeptical of the claim that the testimony of an ordinary witness who claims to have heard the confession or damaging admission of a criminal defendant may be excluded from evidence on the ground that it is inherently improbable. Generally, "doubts about the credibility of [an] in-court witness should be left for the jury's resolution." (People v. Cudjo (1993) 6 Cal.4th 585, 609, 25
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