What is the test for cross-admissible evidence in a robbery-murder trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Moody, B295688 (Cal. App. 2020):
invasion robbery-murder; the two crimes were not particularly similar, but demonstrated that defendant intended to rob the victims in both crimes]; People v. Anderson, at p. 389 [evidence defendant committed two prior burglaries was cross-admissible in robbery-murder trial; jury could conclude the prior and charged incidents were not merely a series of spontaneous acts but were part of a plan to steal property repeatedly during daytime burglaries].)
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