Is it improper to instruct that a witness has an interest in the outcome of the case and that such interest creates a motive to testify falsely?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kester, No. A153002 (Cal. App. 2019):
witnesses." (Id. at p. 249; United States v. Brutus (2d Cir. 2007) 505 F.3d 80, 85, 87-88 [improper to instruct "that the interest which a defendant has in the outcome of the case is an interest which is possessed by no other witness" and that "such an interest creates a motive to testify falsely"].)
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