CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Sanity & Mental Processes
............Mental Retardation
3 Cards On This Topic:

Psychologist's testimony re sadistic pedophiles not improper profile evidence where D pled guilty to child murder and circumstances suggested pathological cause.

When, as here, a mental health expert offers a diagnosis, this opens the door to rebuttal testimony questioning that diagnosis or suggesting an alternative diagnosis.

Psychologist's opinion that attempted rape V was borderline retarded properly admitted re lack of consent and ability to perceive and recollect.