What is the effect of refusing to produce evidence in a civil case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 133 Cal.Rptr. 123, 62 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1 (Cal. Super. 1976):

'A refusal by the police under the foregoing circumstances is analogous to a suppression of evidence and violative of due process of law.' (58 Cal.2d at pp. 512--513, 24 Cal.Rptr. at p. 835, 374 P.2d at p. 803.)

And, in Penny v. Superior, supra, the court said:

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