Does the corpus delicti rule apply?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Poizner, D059561 (Cal. App. 2013):
excluded as inherently prejudicial and provides a stronger basis for applying the rule than other evidence for impeachment or intent and motive. He asks us to find these circumstances akin to the introduction of unadjudicated crimes admitted in aggravation at the penalty phase of a capital trial, where the corpus delicti rule applies. (See People v. Valencia (2008) 43 Cal.4th 268, 296.)
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