How does the prosecution use of inference of guilt in a sexual assault case comply with due process requirements?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Anderson, 210 Cal.App.3d 414, 258 Cal.Rptr. 482 (Cal. App. 1989):
[210 Cal.App.3d 427] Where an inference of guilt is merely permissive (rather than mandatory), the prosecution's use of the inference comports with due process requirements unless, under the facts of the case, there is no rational way for the jury to make the logical connection which the inference permits. (Ulster County Court v. Allen (1979) 442 U.S. 140, 157, 99 S.Ct. 2213, 2224, 60
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