Is there any case law where a jury has been ordered to consider discrepancies between witness estimates and actual height?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bazemore, A132865 (Cal. App. 2013):
see Wilson v. Superior Court, supra, 70 Cal.App.3d at p. 757 [discrepancy between witness estimate of height (five feet six inches) and actual height (six feet two inches) "may cast doubt on the victim's credibility and the defense can rightly draw a jury's attention to them"].)
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