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Should a confidential psychological report be allowed to be brought up in court? Did that report help or hinder Harry’s case?

Which part of "confidential" doesn't this court understand? Psychological reports are seldom helpful and most of the time they are run-on documents that no one except the person that wrote them can even begin to understand. I wouldn't want 12 strangers...or even friends for that matter...judging my guilt or innocence on something that I told a psychologist at a time that I was more than likely under a great amount of stress or out right nuts at the time....hence why I was there to start with. The report will in this case hinder Harry's case because now the 12 strangers know that he has a mental problem over the murder of his mother...who wouldn't? But that doesn't mean that it effects his entire life and he'll just start shooting anyone that crosses him. You can bet that that isn't in the confidential report.

I agree I think Harry's psychological report could hinder the case because of his mother's murder.

Confidential should mean CONFIDENTIAL.

Listening to it from a jurors point of view, it was quite damning.

Reading it from my own point of view, I saw it for the go-ahead it was meant to be that Bosch would not be hindered from pulling the trigger in future if necessary (and what use would a cop be if he couldn't?), but I put that down to my penchant for mystery and suspense novels - Now you can see why that lawyer didn't want you on the jury, Carol! ☺️

>4 Sergeirocks: I can see that you won't be entering any jury boxes any time soon either.

What's the point of calling it confidential, if it can be used in court. I hindered Harry's case and makes him look bad in the eyes of the jury.

>4 Sergeirocks: I agree

I agree with you all.

I can’t believe this was allowed to be used! I hope this is just literary license and not something that could happen in the real world. The report definitely hurt his case.