California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perry, B260958 (Cal. App. 2016):
We conclude the evidence was not unduly prejudicial when balanced against its relevance. "Without doubt, evidence a defendant committed an offense on a separate occasion is inherently prejudicial. [Citations.] But Evidence Code section 352 requires the exclusion of evidence only when its probative value is substantially outweighed by its prejudicial effect. 'Evidence is substantially more prejudicial than probative . . . [only] if, broadly stated, it poses an intolerable "risk to the fairness of the proceedings or the reliability of the outcome" [citation]' [Citation.]" (People v. Quang Minh Tran (2011) 51 Cal.4th 1040, 1047.)
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