Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Oct. 23, 2017
Can the internet provide reliable case-specific facts?
The shockwaves from the unanimous California Supreme Court decision People v. Sanchez, 63 Cal. 4th 665 (2016), continue to reverberate far and wide. Those reverberations recently have shaken loose issues regarding the reliability of information available on the internet.
4th Appellate District, Division 3
Thomas A. Delaney
Associate Justice
Loyola Law School
Justice Thomas A. Delaney serves on the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2.
The shockwaves from the unanimous California Supreme Court decision People v. Sanchez, 63 Cal. 4th 665 (2016), continue to reverberate far and wide. Those reverberations recently have shaken loose issues regarding the reliability of information available on the internet.
In Sanchez, the court held that experts may testify about general background information, including general knowledge and premises in the...
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