Bill introduced to abrogate Supreme Court expert testimony opinion

State Senator John Moorlach yesterday introduced a bill that, by its terms, is intended “to abrogate the holding in People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal. 4th 665, as it applies to civil proceedings.”  A unanimous Supreme Court in Sanchez analyzed the law about experts and hearsay, and held a prosecution expert could not relate “case-specific statements . . . concerning [the] defendant’s gang membership.”