What is the impact of a mistake by the Attorney General in admitting evidence of domestic violence to a jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, H041823 (Cal. App. 2017):
Because we conclude the evidence of earlier domestic violence was properly admitted as more probative than prejudicial under section 352, we reject defendant's claim that admission of the evidence violated his right to due process. (Hoover, supra, 77 Cal.App.4th 1020, 1029; People v. Escobar (2000) 82 Cal.App.4th 1085, 1095-1096, and cases there cited.) We also do not reach the Attorney General's argument that any error was harmless.
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