CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Destruction/Failure to Disclose Evid.
......Failure to Disclose/In General
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Failure to produce stronger evidence means weaker evidence viewed with distrust.

Failure to produce stronger evidence means weaker evidence viewed with distrust. (Jury Instruction.)

If a party concealed or destroyed evidence, inference may be drawn that evidence was unfavorable.

Trial ct. properly drew negative influences against attorney who refused to produce/destroyed electronic files of time records related to fee request.