CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Lay Opinion
.........Proper Subjects
............Identification: Shoe Print
2 Cards On This Topic:

Trial court properly allowed non-expert police officer to testify that shoeprints found in the dirt at crime scene were "similar" to the pattern on the soles of D’s shoes.

O's testimony comparing soles of D's shows and print on counter at crime scene constituted proper lay opinion.