What are the evidentiary rules in both civil and criminal cases concerning evidence of other uncharged misconduct?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from HUB City SOLID WASTE Serv. INC. v. CITY of COMPTON, 112 Cal.Rptr.3d 647, 186 Cal.App.4th 1114 (Cal. App. 2010):
7The same evidentiary rules apply in both civil and criminal cases concerning evidence of other uncharged misconduct. ( Brown v. Smith (1997) 55 Cal.App.4th 767, 790, fn. 15, 64 Cal.Rptr.2d 301.)
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