CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Sanity & Mental Processes
............Stereotypical Characteristics of Group
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Expert opinion properly admitted to contradict stereotype of child molester.
  • Trial court did not err in denying D's mistrial motion based on psychiatrist's testimony D was a serial killer.
  • Reversible error to admit expert’s testimony on rapists’ thought processes and conduct where it constituted improper profile evidence.