California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jacquez, E070761 (Cal. App. 2019):
Here, as provided ante, the jury was instructed that it could not use the other acts evidence to convict defendant of the instant crime; to determine he had a bad character; or was disposed to commit such crimes. It instructed the jury that it must still find the People had proved the current crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. We must presume the jurors followed the instructions and did not consider the evidence as showing his disposition to commit the current crimes or was the sole evidence relied upon in convicting defendant. (People v. Sanchez (2001) 26 Cal.4th 834, 852 [jurors are presumed to follow the instructions].)
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