CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Computer-Generated Evidence
......Animations-Demos to Clarify Testimony
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Admissibility of computer-generated animations or simulations to illustrate testimony.
Four-minute animation illustrating Es' opinions of how shooting of V occurred, “a fair and accurate representation of the evidence," properly admitted as relevant to premeditation and deliberation.
Computer animations need not meet Kelly standard where tantamount to drawings used to illustrate expert testimony; no authority for applying Kelly formula to computer animation.
Computer evidence to clarify expert testimony admissible if proper foundation laid; more akin to chart or diagram than scientific device.
Use of demonstrative evidence.