In what circumstances will the court exclude evidence that the complaining witness was a prostitute?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Casas, 181 Cal.App.3d 889, 226 Cal.Rptr. 285 (Cal. App. 1986):

In People v. Varona (1983) 143 Cal.App.3d 566, 192 Cal.Rptr. 44 it was held to be an abuse of discretion to exclude evidence that the complaining witness was a prostitute. Among the factors stressed by the court was that the proffered testimony would have shown that the woman had "walked the streets" in the very same area in question. Here the offer of proof was even stronger. It indicated that the complaining witness had allegedly solicited another customer in the same hotel and on the same occasion.

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