What is character evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gibson, H043106 (Cal. App. 2018):
"Character evidence, sometimes described as evidence of a propensity or disposition to engage in a type of conduct, is generally inadmissible to prove a person's conduct on a specified occasion." (People v. Villatoro (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1152, 1159
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