Is a defendant's poverty or indebtedness admissible to refute his claim that he committed the robbery because he did not need the money?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gallegos, D073511 (Cal. App. 2019):

6. While "[e]vidence of poverty or indebtedness is admissible . . . to refute a defendant's claim that he did not commit the robbery because he did not need the money [citation], or to eliminate other possible explanations for the defendant's sudden wealth after a theft offense" (People v. Edelbacher (1989) 47 Cal.3d 983, 1024), neither party argues the exceptions are relevant here. Gallegos neither claimed a lack of need for the funds, nor did he experience a sudden influx of wealth.

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