How is propensity evidence used in sex crime cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Padilla, G050811 (Cal. App. 2016):
used as propensity evidence in sex crime cases to prove the defendant is disposed to commit such crimes and thus guilty of the charged offense. (People v. Falsetta (1999) 21 Cal.4th 903, 911-912, 920, 923.)
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