Does a prior conviction for evading police and child endangerment have any bearing in determining whether a defendant should be convicted of burglary?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Estrada, C085059 (Cal. App. 2019):
The similarity factor weighs in favor of admission. Burglary is not at all similar to evading police and child endangerment. Thus, there was little to no risk of the jury treating the prior conviction as propensity evidence rather than using it solely to assess defendant's credibility. (See People v. Beagle, supra, 6 Cal.3d at p. 453; See also People v. Muldrow (1988) 202 Cal.App.3d 636, 646.)
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