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People v. Martinez

Citations

  • 113 Cal. App. 4th 400
  • 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 49
  • 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9906
  • 2003 Daily Journal DAR 12415
  • 2003 Cal. App. LEXIS 1701

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  • holding that a gang expert could testify on “what it meant to be a ‘rat’ in gang culture” because “it was relevant to help understand discrepancies between some of the wit nesses’ statements to the police and their testimony at trial”
  • “When a trial court erroneously relies on one hearsay exception to admit evidence that otherwise would have been admissible under a different exception, it cannot be said that the evidence was admitted in error.”
  • “When a trial court erroneously relies on one hearsay exception to admit evidence that otherwise would have been admissible under a different exception, it cannot be said that the evidence was admitted in error.”

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Judges: Rylaarsdam

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