Is evidence that a witness made a false allegation of sexual molestation relevant on the issue of credibility?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, E070702 (Cal. App. 2020):
As the parties agree, "a prior false accusation of sexual molestation is . . . relevant on the issue of the molest victim's credibility." (People v. Franklin (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 328, 335.) Similarly, and more generally, evidence that a witness knowingly
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