"Q [by Gindes] AFTER YOU FOUND OUT THAT A DOCTOR HAD EXAMINED THE CHILDREN, YOU TRIED TO GET ANOTHER DOCTOR TO EXAMINE THE CHILDREN; IS THAT CORRECT?
"A [by Norma Pitts] WELL, I HAD HEARD THAT HE [Dr. Woodling] WAS UNRELIABLE, THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH THE COURT.
"Q WHO DID YOU HEAR THAT FROM?
"MR. SIMS: OBJECTION, HEARSAY.
"THE COURT: OVERRULED.
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q WHO DID YOU HEAR THAT FROM?
"A FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE [sic] BEEN IN THE SAME TYPE CASES.
"Q CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTERS?
"A I WOULD SAY THAT.
*773 "MR. FUSILIER: OBJECTION, HEARSAY.
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTERS?
"A THEY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED.
"Q BUT THEY ARE, OF COURSE, INNOCENT?
"MR. VAN METER: OBJECTION.
"THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
"MR. VAN METER: I ASK THAT COUNSEL BE CITED FOR THAT REMARK.
"THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q WHO ARE THE PEOPLE YOU HEARD BRING THIS UP?
"A SOME PEOPLE.
"Q WHO?
"A IF YOU WANT TO KNOW -
"Q WHO.
"A FROM MEMBERS OF VOCAL.[[38]]
"Q WHO? NAME ONE PERSON.
"MR. FUSILIER: OBJECTION, IRRELEVANT.
"MR. RUBIN: JOIN.
"MR. FUSILIER: COLLATERAL MATTER HERE.
*774 "THE COURT: ANSWER THE QUESTION.
".... .... .... .... ....
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q I SAID NAME ONE PERSON.
"A THEY TOLD ME IN CONFIDENTIAL [sic].
"Q NAME ONE PERSON.
"A I OBJECT -
"MR. FUSILIER: JUST A MOMENT, I OBJECT TO THE FORM OF THAT QUESTION. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION, IT'S ARGUMENTATIVE.
"THE COURT: OVERRULED.
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q ARE YOU A CLERGY MEMBER?
"A NO, I AM NOT.
"Q THEN YOU HAVE TO NAME ONE PERSON.
"A IF YOU MUST KNOW, IT WAS MR. KNIFFEN TOLD ME."
Mr. Kniffen was convicted of numerous counts of child molestation in 1984, in one of Kern County's notorious child molestation ring cases. It was improper for Gindes to link this case with that. (See People v. Adams (1939) 14 Cal.2d 154, 162 [93 P.2d 146], overruled on other grounds in People v. Burton (1961) 55 Cal.2d 328, 352 [11 Cal. Rptr. 65, 359 P.2d 433].) If Gindes's purpose was to impeach Norma's opinion of Woodling's abilities, that purpose was achieved once he elicited that she had heard about Woodling from a convicted child molester. Bringing out the Kniffen case by name could only have served to inflame the jury. Nor was this the only time other child molestation cases were mentioned.
7. "Q [by Gindes] Now, DO YOU KNOW THAT AFTER AMANDA SAW YOU SHE WAS HYSTERICAL FOR ALMOST 45 MINUTES?
"A [by Rick] I REALIZE THAT.
*775 "MR. RUBIN: OBJECTION, ASSUMING A FACT NOT IN EVIDENCE.
"THE COURT: OVERRULED.
"MR. RUBIN: YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL AT THIS POINT. THERE IS NO SUCH EVIDENCE OF THAT.
"MR. FUSILIER: HE MENTIONED 45 MINUTES AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE 45 MINUTES WORTH OF TESTIMONY FROM THAT MORNING.
"THE COURT: THE WITNESS CAN ANSWER.
"BY MR. GINDES:
"Q DO YOU KNOW FOR 45 MINUTE[S] SHE SAT ON MY