Can a defendant be found guilty of a charge of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or cause grievous bodily harm against another person who has not been charged?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hughey, A150114 (Cal. App. 2018):

preparation, plan, knowledge . . . ),' but not to prove the defendant carried out the charged crimes in conformity with a character trait. ( . . . , 1101.) '. . . The least degree of similarity is required to establish relevance on the issue of intent. [Citation.] For this purpose, the uncharged crimes need only be "sufficiently similar [to the charged offenses] to support the inference that the defendant ' "probably harbored the same intent in each instance.' " ' " (People v. Lewis (2001) 25 Cal.4th 610, 636-637.)

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