What is the effect of admitting evidence of sexual abuse committed by defendant in a sexual assault case?

I cannot conclude, with the assurance of my colleagues, that the admission of evidence of prior offenses committed by defendant was erroneous, or that [36 Cal.3d 637] its admission requires reversal under People v. Watson[685 P.2d 1145] (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836, 299 P.2d 243. There were sufficient similarities in the prior offenses, all against female children, to permit their introduction on the issue of identity.

That the prior offenses against little girls did not result in a killing is not sufficient justification to find dissimilarity and to conclude that the trial court improperly exercised its discretion in admitting the evidence. (People v. McCarty (1958) 164 Cal.App.2d 322, 326, 330 P.2d 484.)