Is there any difference between the charged crimes and the uncharged crimes?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rose, B254912 (Cal. App. 2015):
Moving on, we reject the idea that the charged crimes and uncharged crimes were not sufficiently similar. The question is the logical relevance of the uncharged crimes to establish the mental element of the charged crimes. (People v. Rocha (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 1385, 1395.) "'The inference to be drawn is not that the actor is disposed to commit such acts; instead, the inference to be drawn is that, in light of the first event, the
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