Does a non-victim witness in a sexual assault case have to be a witness who was not a victim of the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Arredondo, 13 Cal.App.5th 950, 222 Cal.Rptr.3d 42 (Cal. App. 2017):
1 The Second District extended the exception in Craig to apply to nonvictim child witnesses, but did so based on the same concerns over the particular vulnerability of children. (People v. Lujan (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 1499, 1502, 150 Cal.Rptr.3d 727.)
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