What is the state of the law on the credibility of medical evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. DeJarlais, D062968 (Cal. App. 2014):
DeJarlais would commit future predatory sexual acts. " 'The credibility of the experts and their conclusions [are] matters [to be] resolved . . . by the [trier of fact],' and '[w]e are not free to reweigh or reinterpret [that] evidence.' " (People v. Poulson (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 501, 518.)
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