What is the test for admitting evidence of criminal conduct in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, 110 Cal.App.3d 560, 167 Cal.Rptr. 915 (Cal. App. 1980):
(People v. Guerrero (1976) 16 [110 Cal.App.3d 572] Cal.3d 719, 724, 129 Cal.Rptr. 166, 169, 548 P.2d 366, 369, quoting from People v. Schader (1969) 71 Cal.2d 761, 775, 80 Cal.Rptr. 1, 457 P.2d 841.) In short, evidence of a defendant's criminal conduct on other occasions should be admitted only:
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