Does admitting evidence of gang membership to prove witness bias constitute abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Eck, 76 Cal.App.4th 759, 90 Cal.Rptr.2d 594 (Cal. App. 1999):
Nor was this evidence of motive cumulative to any other evidence introduced at trial. (Cf. People v. Cardenas (1982) 31 Cal.3d 897, 904 [admission of evidence of gang membership to prove witness bias was abuse of discretion where bias already was established through other testimony].)
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