CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Expert Testimony: Qualifications
.........Experts Found Qualified-Examples
............Crime Scene/Blood Spatter
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Record amply supported criminalist's qualifications as blood spatter expert; if D wanted further course and test details, counsel should have questioned him on it during cross-exam.

Though D waived challenge to E's qualifications re blood spatter testimony, challenge lacked merit as record showed E had lengthy background and not clearly unqualified; expert opinion on crime scene reconstruction admissible.

Experienced criminalist fully qualified to render expert opinion on blood spatter patterns whether he personally investigated crime scene or not.