What is the effect of admitting evidence that abortion is a criminal offence under Mexican law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morante, 56 Cal.App.4th 163, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 287 (Cal. App. 1997):
6 The court ruled evidence that abortion was also a criminal offense under Mexican law was erroneously admitted. (People v. Buffum, supra, 40 Cal.2d at p. 719, 256 P.2d 317.)
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