In what circumstances will the court allow a defendant to plead guilty to assault with a firearm?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Corpuz, A121199, San Francisco City and County Super. Ct. No. 19507 (Cal. App. 2011):

In People v. Rucker, supra, 126 Cal.App.4th 1107, the evidence admitted indicated the defendant, charged with attempted murder of her boyfriend, had assaulted a previous boyfriend with a firearm. The court found it relevant to show the defendant reacted violently to a relationship breaking up and to undermine her claim that she became violent because the victim raped her, which outweighed its prejudicial effect given that it had occurred in the relatively recent past and involved acts that were not more inflammatory than the charged offense. (Id. at p. 1120; see also People v. Morton

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