What is the test for testifying in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Medel, E049106, Super.Ct.No. RIF141336 (Cal. App. 2010):
are "testimonial when the circumstances objectively indicate... that the primary purpose of the interrogation is to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution." (Davis v. Washington (2006) 547 U.S. 813, 822, fn. omitted.)
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