AB 2243: Evidence: admissibility.

Existing law provides that except as otherwise provided by statute, all relevant evidence is admissible.

This bill would prohibit the admissibility of evidence that a victim of, or a witness to, extortion, stalking, or a violent felony, each as defined, has engaged in an act of prostitution at or around the time he or she was the victim of or witness to the crime in order to prove the victims or witnesss criminal liability in a separate prosecution for the act of prostitution.

The California Constitution provides for the Right to Truth-In-Evidence, which requires a²/₃ vote of the Legislature to exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified.

Because this bill may exclude from a criminal action information about a persons liability for an act of prostitution that would otherwise be admissible, it requires a²/₃ vote of the Legislature.