CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Appointment & Compensation of Experts
.........Court Appointment
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  • Appointment of expert witnesses by court.
  • Court may appoint expert to assist it in taking judicial notice of a matter.
  • Appointment of experts in paternity matters.
  • Appointment of experts by Court. (FRE)
  • Because neither D nor counsel expressly informed court during competency hearing that D was not seeking finding of incompetence, court not required to appoint a second mental health expert.
  • Harmless error to fail to appoint director of the regional center for the developmentally disabled to examine D.
  • Judge did not err in denying D funds to retain expert on eyewitness I.D where D did not seek trial court ruling on admissibility of such proposed testimony and in any case no witness I.D.’d the masked perpetrators.
  • Court did not err in refusing funding to conduct alcohol-induced EEG on basis D may have suffered alcohol-induced psychosis or allergic reaction on day of V's murder.
  • Reversible error in failing to appoint director of the regional center for the developmentally disabled to perform competency evaluation on retarded teenager.
  • EC §730 does not authorize the appointment of experts after trial in connection with sentencing proceedings.
  • Court not required by statute to appoint mental health expert for D at annual show cause hearing.
  • Indigent death penalty D cannot be denied her choice of BWS/PTSD expert if no other court approved experts are experienced in these areas.
  • If court rejects all evidence presented as to value, it should either require parties to submit additional evidence or appoint own expert.
  • Guardian ad litem may not fulfill the same role as Evid. Code §730 expert as GAL is party's representative.
  • No federal constitutional right to effective assistance of psychiatrist or other mental health expert.


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