Is a domestic violence victim unreliable or unreliable witness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Frasco, E070910 (Cal. App. 2020):
that the victim is an untruthful or unreliable witness. [Citations.] And when the victim's trial testimony supports the defendant or minimizes the violence of his actions, the jurors may assume that if there really had been abusive behavior, the victim would not be testifying in the defendant's favor. [Citations.] These are common notions about domestic violence victims." (People v. Brown, supra, 33 Cal.4th at pp. 906-907.)
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