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PEOPLE v. VEAMATAHAU

No. S249872.

9 Cal.5th 16 (2020)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH VEAMATAHAU, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia M. Jones , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mary K. McComb , State Public Defender, Barry P. Helft , Chief Deputy State Public Defender, and William Whaley , Deputy State Public Defender, for the Office of the State Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan , Donna M. Provenzano , Eric D. Share and Huy T. Luong , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

Evidence Code section 802 allows a testifying expert to "state on direct examination the reasons for his opinion and the matter (including ... his special knowledge, skill, experience, training, and education) upon which it is based." So long as the matter is "of a type that reasonably may be relied...

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