CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Expert Testimony: Qualifications
.........Qualifications of Expert
............Failure to Challenge
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D's failure to challenge forensic serologist's qualifications at trial forfeited claim; in any event, trial court found he was an expert and D's complaints about qualifications would go to weight of testimony, not admissibility.

Failure to object to qualifications of expert amounts to waiver of issue on appeal.

Expert's qualifications need not be established absent specific objection or court requirement.