California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Taylor, 112 Cal.App.3d 348, 169 Cal.Rptr. 290 (Cal. App. 1980):
In People v. Salcido (1966) 246 Cal.App.2d 450, 54 Cal.Rptr. 820, this court held that evidence of earlier suicide attempts by the victim (one of which was ten months before the victim's death) should have been admitted in a murder case (id., at p. 461-462, 54 Cal.Rptr. 820). The court held that the evidence was relevant and not too remote (id., at p. 460, 54 Cal.Rptr. 820). Moreover, the court rejected the People's argument that the victim was happy on the date in question, thereby making the evidence of prior suicide attempts irrelevant.
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