California Supreme Court· 6/30/2016

People v. Sanchez

Citations

63 Cal. 4th 665
374 P.3d 320
204 Cal. Rptr. 3d 102
2016 Cal. LEXIS 4577

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holding that case-specific out-of-court statements offered by an expert and not otherwise admissible are necessarily offered for their truth, in violation of the Confrontation Clause
concluding that, when “any expert relates to the jury case-specific out-of-court statements, and treats the content of those statements as true and accurate to support the expert’s opinion, the statements are hearsay”
holding that 27 || “case-specific out-of-court statements” relied on by prosecution 28 || gang expert are inadmissible hearsay under California law and may 1 also be testimonial and violate defendant’s Sixth Amendment right 2 to confrontation
an expert may not testify to case-specific hearsay facts, about which the expert has no personal knowledge, “unless they are independently proven by competent evidence or are covered by a hearsay exception”

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Judges: Corrigan, Cantil-Sakauye, Werdegar, Chin, Liu, Cuéllar, Kruger

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