Does a trial court properly admit evidence that a defendant owned guns not used in the murder case because it was relevant to premeditation?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Wesley, D074918 (Cal. App. 2020):

Cal.4th 581, 613 [trial court properly admitted evidence that defendant owned guns not used in the murder because "[t]his evidence did not merely show that defendant was the sort of person who carries deadly weapons, but it was relevant to his state of mind when he shot [the victim]"]; People v. Jablonski (2006) 37 Cal.4th 774, 822 [trial court properly admitted evidence that defendant brought to the crime scene a stun gun and handcuffs not used in the murder because the items were relevant to premeditation].)

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