What is the impact of the findings of the California Superior Court of Appeal on the credibility of the testimony of the police officers involved in the investigation?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gamez, 235 Cal.App.3d 957, 286 Cal.Rptr. 894 (Cal. App. 1991):

Much of the officers' "expert" testimony was rank regurgitation of hearsay coming from highly unreliable sources--rival gang members. The majority opinion glosses over this fact, but should not. However, any error was harmless. Sufficient information was from personal observations or reliable sources, ² and it is not likely the verdict would have differed without the improper matter. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836, 299 P.2d 243.)

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