California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valle, F069356 (Cal. App. 2017):
Motive to commit an offense, though not itself an ultimate fact placed at issue by the charges or the defense, is probative of both intent and lack of justification for the offense. (People v. Demetrulias (2006) 39 Cal.4th 1, 14.) The probativeness of other-crimes evidence does not depend on similarities between the charged and uncharged crimes so long as there is a direct logical nexus between the offenses. (Id. at p. 15.)
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