CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Destruction/Failure to Disclose Evid.
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Failure to produce stronger evidence means weaker evidence viewed with distrust.
Failure to produce stronger evidence means weaker evidence viewed with distrust. (Jury Instruction.)
If a party concealed or destroyed evidence, inference may be drawn that evidence was unfavorable.
Defendant did not establish a Brady violation where he did not show that an undisclosed police report was favorable or material to his case.
Trial ct. properly drew negative influences against attorney who refused to produce/destroyed electronic files of time records related to fee request.