Cases on Admissibility of Expert Testimony on Effects of Battering
Author: Anne L. Perry, Esq..
Source: Volume 10, Number 02, December/January 2005 , pp.21-22(2)
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Abstract:
This column discusses recent court cases on the title subject, including: People v. Brown, 33 Cal. 4th 892 (Cal. 2004); People v. White, 780 N.Y.S.2d 727 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 2004).Keywords: CALIFORNIA: Expert Testimony on Battering and its Effects Is Admissible Even in the Absence of Any Evidence of Prior Abuse; Expert Testimony Regarding “Battered Woman Syndrome” Inadmissible as Irrelevant to Explain Delay in Reporting Alleged Crim
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1: Associate Editor of DVR.