CALCRIM No. 207. Proof Need Not Show Actual Date

Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (2025 edition)

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207.Proof Need Not Show Actual Date
It is alleged that the crime[s] occurred on [or about] <insert
alleged date(s) or date ranges by count>. The People are not required to
prove that the crime[s] took place exactly on (that/those) day[s] but only
that (it/they) happened reasonably close to (that/those) day[s].
New January 2006; Revised February 2014, February 2016, September 2022
BENCH NOTES
Instructional Duty
The court has no sua sponte duty to give this instruction. This instruction should not
be given: (1) when the evidence demonstrates that the offense was committed at a
specific time and place and the defendant has presented a defense of alibi or lack of
opportunity; or (2) when two similar offenses are charged in separate counts.
(People v. Jennings (1991) 53 Cal.3d 334, 358-359 [279 Cal.Rptr. 780, 807 P.2d
1009]; People v. Jones (1973) 9 Cal.3d 546, 557 [108 Cal.Rptr. 345, 510 P.2d 705],
overruled on other grounds in Hernandez v. Municipal Court (1989) 49 Cal.3d 713
[263 Cal.Rptr. 513, 781 P.2d 547]; People v. Barney (1983) 143 Cal.App.3d 490,
497-498 [192 Cal.Rptr. 172]; People v. Gavin (1971) 21 Cal.App.3d 408, 415-416
[98 Cal.Rptr. 518]; People v. Deletto (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 458, 474-475 [195
Cal.Rptr. 233].)
AUTHORITY
• Instructional Requirements. Pen. Code, § 955; People v. Jennings, supra, 53
Cal.3d at pp. 358-359; People v. Jones, supra, 9 Cal.3d at p. 557; People v.
Barney, supra, 143 Cal.App.3d at pp. 497-498; People v. Gavin, supra, 21
Cal.App.3d at pp. 415-416; People v. Deletto, supra, 147 Cal.App.3d at pp.
474-475.
• This Instruction Correctly States the Law. People v. Rojas (2015) 237
Cal.App.4th 1298, 1304 [188 Cal.Rptr.3d 811].
SECONDARY SOURCES
2 Millman, Sevilla & Tarlow, California Criminal Defense Practice, Ch. 40,
Accusatory Pleadings, § 40.07[2] (Matthew Bender).
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