CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Character and Reputation Evidence
......Rebut D's Evidence of Mental Condition
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  • By offering expert opinion on D's neuropsychiatric condition, the defense put in issue aspects of his behavior that shed light on the existence of that condition.
  • D's employer's testimony at penalty phase that D seemed normal at time of crimes admissible to rebut defense expert opinion D had become out of control, and hypermanic.