CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 205
Failure to Explain or Deny Evidence
If a party failed to explain or deny evidence against [him/her/ nonbinary
pronoun/it] when [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/it] could reasonably be
expected to have done so based on what [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun/it]
knew, you may consider [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun/its] failure to explain
or deny in evaluating that evidence.
It is up to you to decide the meaning and importance of the failure to
explain or deny evidence against the party.
New September 2003; Revised December 2012
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
01728ce9794298a0728f254e16c610d763506346324d1e896b89acc0cace6c90
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