In what circumstances will a defendant respond to an allegation of sexual assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Goethe, C074791 (Cal. App. 2017):
in response. With knowledge of the accusation, the defendant's conduct of silence or his words in the nature of evasive or equivocal replies lead reasonably to the inference that he believes the accusatory statement to be true.' " (People v. Silva (1988) 45 Cal.3d 604, 623-624.)
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