California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shawnn F., In re, 34 Cal.App.4th 184, 40 Cal.Rptr.2d 263 (Cal. App. 1995):
The rule of convenience "emerged from a long line of decisions which operate to impose on a defendant the burden of proving an exonerating fact if its existence is 'peculiarly' within his personal knowledge and proof of its nonexistence, by the prosecution, would be relatively difficult or inconvenient. (People v. Boo Doo Hong (1898) 122 Cal. 606, 608-609 [55 P. 402] [license to practice medicine]; People v. Fortch (1910) 13 Cal.App.
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