Is a witness not to testify at a criminal trial sufficient to satisfy the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fowler, F073444 (Cal. App. 2018):
with a witness not to testify at a criminal trial also satisfies the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing. (See Commonwealth v. Edwards (2005) 444 Mass. 526, 537-542.)
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