CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Expert Testimony: In General
.........Expert Not Needed or Permitted
............W's Own Testimony Sufficient
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Court did not err in excluding expert testimony re D's remorse where jury heard D's taped statement for itself and had observed D testify and express remorse at guilt phase.

W's own testimony re memory loss sufficient to establish unavailability; neither independent psychiatric exam nor expert medical evidence is required to substantiate.