What is the common law common law test against propensity evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, 1 Cal.5th 269, 205 Cal.Rptr.3d 386, 376 P.3d 528 (Cal. 2016):
People v. Villatoro (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1152, 1171, 144 Cal.Rptr.3d 401, 281 P.3d 390 (Villatoro ) [rule against propensity evidence is at least three centuries old in the common law].) The inquiry is not
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