California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hughey, A150114 (Cal. App. 2018):
preparation, plan, knowledge . . . ),' but not to prove the defendant carried out the charged crimes in conformity with a character trait. ( . . . , 1101.) '. . . The least degree of similarity is required to establish relevance on the issue of intent. [Citation.] For this purpose, the uncharged crimes need only be "sufficiently similar [to the charged offenses] to support the inference that the defendant ' "probably harbored the same intent in each instance.' " ' " (People v. Lewis (2001) 25 Cal.4th 610, 636-637.)
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