Does the jury have to be shown a video of a defendant in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gomez, B275236 (Cal. App. 2018):
played for the jury, jurors could make up their own minds about whether the person shown was defendant"]; People v. Larkins (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 1059, 1068 ["Moreover, the jurors were able to test the [lay witness's] opinion that defendant was the person in the . . . videos" because jurors were shown some of those same videos].)
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