Is there any error in admitting evidence that could not have been used in the charged crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sanchez, S087569 (Cal. 2019):
Turning to the merits, we see no error. Defendant invokes the rule, established in People v. Riser (1956) 47 Cal.2d 566, 577, and reiterated in People v. Barnwell (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1038, 1056, that it is generally error to admit evidence that the defendant possessed a weapon that could not have been the one used in the charged crime. That rule does not apply here. Here,
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