Is there an uncharged sexual assault committed by Doe 2 on the same date as the assault on the other Doe 1 victim?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Sanchez, 2d Crim. No. B305319 (Cal. App. 2021):

The Doe 2 rape was committed approximately nine years before the Doe 1 sexual assault. In view of the similarities between the two offenses and the high probative value of the prior Doe 2 rape, it was not unduly remote. In People v. Branch (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 274, the court upheld the admission of prior uncharged sexual offenses despite a 30-year gap between the charged and uncharged offenses. The court concluded, "[T]he substantial similarities between the prior and the charged offenses balance out the remoteness of the prior offenses." (Id. at

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