California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, H041255 (Cal. App. 2016):
Defendant argues that the broader definition of "domestic violence" as set forth in the second sentence of section 1109, subdivision (d)(3) applies only to the type of evidence that the prosecution seeks to introduce and not to the charged offense. This issue was considered in People v. Dallas (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 940 (Dallas). In that case, the defendant argued that "section 1109 incorporates the definition in Family Code
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