CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Witness Credibility Evidence
......Religious Beliefs Inadmiss re Credibility
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • 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.