California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hall, B199229 (Cal. App. 6/16/2008), B199229 (Cal. App. 2008):
"The greatest degree of similarity is required for evidence of uncharged misconduct to be relevant to prove identity. For identity to be established, the uncharged misconduct and the charged offense must share common features that are sufficiently distinctive so as to support the inference that the same person committed both acts." (People v. Ewoldt (1994) 7 Cal.4th 380, 403.)
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