Is the evidence of a defendant's prior sexual abuse evidence prejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dominguez, 2d Crim. No. B263139 (Cal. App. 2017):
probative value because the prior acts were not similar to the charged act, and that any doubts regarding admissibility must be resolved in her favor. (People v. Daniels (1991) 52 Cal.3d 815, 856.) Dominguez asserts that the evidence was unduly prejudicial in part because the jury may have viewed her testimony with distrust.
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