Opinion ID: 607860
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Testimony of the Social Worker

Text: 6 To support their contention that the Agrillos may have set the fire, the Maleks attempted to introduce the testimony and case notes of Carol Barber, a social worker for the Orange County Department of Social Services who handled the case file concerning the Agrillo children. Barber was prepared to testify that the Agrillos had continued access to the premises; the Agrillos engaged in cult activities; and that a young woman had sustained second-degree burns at the premises. She also would have supported her testimony that the Agrillos had access to the house after the eviction date by submitting photographs, taken in the house by Mrs. Agrillo on July 6 or 7, 1989, which depicted a container of milk that had not yet reached its expiration date. The district court excluded Barber's testimony in toto.