California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Evidence Code - EVID |
Division 7. OPINION TESTIMONY AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE |
Chapter 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony |
ARTICLE 1. Expert and Other Opinion Testimony Generally |
Section 803.
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The court may, and upon objection shall, exclude testimony in the form of an opinion that is based in whole or in significant part on matter that is not a proper basis for such an opinion. In such case, the witness may, if there remains a proper basis for his opinion, then state his opinion after excluding from consideration the matter determined to be improper.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)