When two opposing parties have the same motive to discredit the same witness at the same time, is the former testimony admissible?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Berroteran v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty., 254 Cal.Rptr.3d 338, 41 Cal.App.5th 518 (Cal. App. 2019):
need not be identical, only similar. " " ( People v. Harris (2005) 37 Cal.4th 310, 333, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 509, 118 P.3d 545.) Where the party had the same motive to discredit the witness and challenge the witnesss credibility, the former testimony would be admissible under
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