Is there any case law where a defendant has been found to have violated a plaintiff's constitutional rights by failing to provide an evidentiary justification?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nelson, E051183 (Cal. App. 2011):
Defendant has phrased his contention in terms of violation of constitutional rights, but the gist of the contention is an evidentiary one. Defendant's "attempt to inflate garden-variety evidentiary questions into constitutional ones is unpersuasive." (People v. Boyette (2002) 29 Cal.4th 381, 427.)
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