Is there an exception in the law where evidence of jealousy, quarrels, antagonism or enmity between two individuals is sufficient to convict one person of a crime?

The exception is based on the importance of motive and its close relationship to identity in situations where there is a history of discord between two individuals. "'In a case where the identity of a person who commits a crime is attempted to be proven by circumstantial evidence, such as in the case at bar, evidence of a motive on the part of a defendant charged is always a subject of proof, and the fact of motive particularly material.'" (People v. Daniels (1971) 16 Cal.App.3d 36, 46, original italics, citations omitted.) "Evidence showing jealousy, quarrels, antagonism or enmity between an

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