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Name: People v. Salinas
Case #: F038894
Citation: 106 Cal.App.4th 993
Opinion Date: 20030305
Subsequent History: Rev. granted 5/21/03: S115134
Summary

Battered women’s syndrome evidence may be admitted to explain why an ostensibly first-time victim of domestic violence recants an initial report of abuse. There is no foundational requirement that the victim be abused at least once before.