What if a jury had excluded inadmissible testimony from a panel of expert witnesses?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Yates, 235 Cal.Rptr.3d 756, 25 Cal.App.5th 474 (Cal. App. 2018):

Had the experts inadmissible testimony been excluded, we find it reasonably probableindeed likelythe jury would have reached a result more favorable to Yates. ( People v. Watson , supra , 46 Cal.2d at p. 836, 299 P.2d 243.)

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