Is evidence that a defendant committed a crime other than the charged crime admissible?

Under subdivision (a) of Evidence Code section 1101, evidence that a defendant committed a crime other than the charged crime is inadmissible to prove the defendant's disposition to commit crimes, or "conduct on a specified occasion."⁷ Subdivision (b) of Evidence Code section 1101 clarifies, however, that subdivision (a) does not prohibit the admission of other crimes evidence when the evidence is relevant to prove "some fact" other than the defendant's criminal disposition or character, "such as motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake or accident . . . ." (People v. Edwards (2013) 57 Cal.4th 658, 711.)