CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Content of Expert Opinion
.........False Evidence/Pen. Code §1473
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Murder conviction overturned where false evidence was presented against defendant at trial, and error was prejudicial.

D's habeas petition granted where it was reasonably probable that the false evidence presented by dental expert regarding bite marks at D's 1997 jury trial affected the outcome; false evidence revisited in 2014 amendment to PC §1473.

As P failed to establish expert evidence offered at trial was false, and his newly discovered evidence did not point unerringly to innocence or reduced culpability, super. ct. erred in granting habeas corpus relief.