What is a "proper rebuttal evidence" in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miles, C076125 (Cal. App. 2015):
"[P]roper rebuttal evidence . . . is . . . evidence made necessary by the defendant's case in the sense that he has introduced new evidence or made assertions that were not implicit in his denial of guilt." (People v. Carter (1957) 48 Cal.2d 737, 753-754.) Here, simply by pleading guilty, defendant did not assert a claim of self-defense. It was only
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