Is stale or stale evidence relevant in a civil case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, F074405 (Cal. App. 2020):

Defendant argues the evidence lacks relevance because it was staleit neither demonstrated any current association with the WFN street gang nor established any willingness by defendant, past or present, to engage in violence on behalf of the gang. While staleness or remoteness of prior act evidence is a factor in determining the probative value, there is no bright-line rule what amount of time renders something too remote to be relevant. (See People v. Harris (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 727, 739 [remoteness or staleness of prior conduct is appropriate factor in Evid. Code, 352

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