Does a defendant who has committed one crime assume commission of another?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hallock, A152968 (Cal. App. 2019):
committed one crime, it is more likely to assume commission of another. But adopting that notion as improperly inflammatory would preclude joinder between any two crimes. Since " '[t]he law prefers consolidation of charges' " (People v. Manriquez (2005) 37 Cal.4th 547, 574), that argument proves too much.
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