Does a plaintiff have a constitutional right to present a defense in the absence of an expert opinion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Greenberg, C071462 (Cal. App. 2015):
explanation for his suicide attempt was presented to the jury even without the expert opinion. There was no constitutional violation. (See Crane v. Kentucky (1986) 476 U.S. 683 [90 L.Ed.2d 636] [defining scope of constitutional right to present a defense].)
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