Professor Chin Comments for Wall Street Journal on Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence
Professor Gabriel "Jack" Chin commented for the Wall Street Journal on the admissibility of hearsay evidence in the high-profile domestic violence trial of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. Professor Chin notes that under California law, hearsay evidence may be considered in domestic violence cases-a rule that is intended to make it easier to prosecute domestic-violence perpetrators whose victims may be too afraid to testify in court.
"The fact that one witness said nothing happened and someone else says 'she says it happened,' both things are admissible" in California courts, said Chin.
Gabriel "Jack" Chin, who joined the King Hall faculty in 2011, is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.