California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Pendleton, 158 Cal.Rptr. 343, 25 Cal.3d 371, 599 P.2d 649 (Cal. 1979):
In People v. Thomas, supra, 20 Cal.3d 457, 143 Cal.Rptr. 215, 573 P.2d 433, this court disapproved of several Court of Appeal cases insofar as they "suggest(ed) that evidence of prior sex offenses involving victims other than the prosecuting witness is generally admissible for the purpose of corroborating such witnesses Without regard to the remoteness of the prior offenses or the lack of close similarity to the charged offense." (Id. at p. 468, 143 Cal.Rptr. at p. 220, 573 P.2d at p. 138, italics added.) "Were the theory (of the disapproved cases) to be held applicable in All sex offense cases, without regard either to remoteness or similarity, the 'corroboration' exception,"
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