in court cases where one side is ordered to release all documents pertaining to a certain event/subject, what stops that party from simply hiding or destroying the evidence?

Question

I understand doing so would be illegal of course but nevertheless if you are a guilty and you know it is it really going to be such a big leap for you to destroy your own incriminating evidence? I might of course be missing something or oversimplifying as well since my only knowledge of the court system is honestly from TV/movies.

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Answer 1

Think about it this way. Lets say you are on the jury of a trial. There was a car accident. We don’t know who was at fault. Both drivers have the same story – the other guy veered into the oncoming lane and ran into them. There is no evidence other than that testimony…. BECAUSE: one of the drivers had a dash cam and right after the accident the first cop on the scene watched as the guy removed the memory card from his dash cam and ATE IT.

Now… who caused that accident?