Does evidence of a third party threat bear on the credibility of a witness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Beltran, E070728 (Cal. App. 2020):
evidence of a "third party" threat may bear on the credibility of the witness, whether or not the threat is directly linked to the defendant. [Citations.]' [Citation.] 'It is not necessarily the source of the threat but its existence that is relevant to the witness's credibility.' [Citation.]" (People v. Sandoval (2015) 62 Cal.4th 394, 429-430.)
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