CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Witness Credibility Evidence
......Religious Beliefs Inadmiss re Credibility
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Religious belief has no bearing on witness credibility.
Religious beliefs inadmissible on issue of credibility in federal proceedings.
Evidence of witness's belief in devil worship improperly admitted where irrelevant to issues in case.
Evidence of D's excommunication inadmissible to impeach character witnesses.
Evidence re D's religious beliefs not 1st Amend. violation where tenets of D's church and his religious authority relevant to understanding teenaged molest Vs' meetings with him.