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Cal. Evid. Code § 1161

Other Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 225 Cal. App. 4th 1495 - People v. M.V. (2014)

Most recently applied in Jordan v. Diaz (May 2019)

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 126, Sec. 1

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(a) Evidence that a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, has engaged in any commercial sexual act as a result of being a victim of human trafficking is inadmissible to prove the victim’s criminal liability for the commercial sexual act.

(b) Evidence of sexual history or history of any commercial sexual act of a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of the Penal Code, is inadmissible to attack the credibility or impeach the character of the victim in any civil or criminal proceeding.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.