Is evidence of criminal history relevant and admissible in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wein, 137 Cal.Rptr. 814, 69 Cal.App.3d 79 (Cal. App. 1977):
Evidence of prior offenses is relevant and admissible where there is shown '. . . a unique methodology or peculiar behavior pattern which tends to identify the perpetrator of an earlier crime as the person who [69 Cal.App.3d 90] perpetrated the crime charged.' (People v. Baskett, 237 Cal.App.2d 712, 717, 47 Cal.Rptr. 274, 277.)
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