What is the test for admissible character evidence in a criminal case-in-chief?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mickle, 284 Cal.Rptr. 511, 54 Cal.3d 140, 814 P.2d 290 (Cal. 1991):
Defendant finally observes that some of the foregoing witnesses mentioned that defendant was reasonably "intelligent" and did not act in a "crazy" or "bizarre" fashion around the time of the prior or current crimes. Defendant insists such general character evidence was not admissible in the prosecution's case-in-chief. (People v. Boyd, supra, 38 Cal.3d 762, 775-776, 215 Cal.Rptr. 1, 700 P.2d 782.)
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