What is the current state of the law on false or misleading statements?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Cortez, 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 846, 369 P.3d 521, 63 Cal.4th 101 (Cal. 2016):

2 Both defendant and the People state that a different instruction on false or misleading statementsCALCRIM No. 362applies when the defendant's testimony is implausible. However, a 2009 amendment to that instruction clarifies that the instruction applies to false or misleading statements a defendant made "before" trial, not to false or misleading trial testimony. (CALCRIM No. 362 ; see People v. Beyah (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 1241, 1248, 88 Cal.Rptr.3d 829 ["We doubt that CALCRIM No. 362 was intended to be used when the basis for an inference of consciousness of guilt is disbelief of defendant's trial testimony...."].)

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