Witness Credibility: Relevance Of Inadvertent Mistake
May 10th, 2014

 

Defense counsel have tried to have courts modify this instruction to have the last paragraph read: “If you decide that a witness deliberately lied or inaccurately testified about something significant in this case. . .or, if you think the witness lied or inaccurately testified about some things. . ..” However, this modification has been rejected by the appellate court. (People v. Chue Vang (2009) 171 Cal. App. 4th 1120, 1128-1129.)


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