What is the test for admitting evidence of prior acts of domestic violence for abuse of the spouse?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hennings, B278087 (Cal. App. 2018):
We review the trial court's admission of evidence of prior acts of domestic violence for abuse of discretion. (People v. Johnson (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 520, 531.)
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1.2. The trial court properly admitted the evidence of prior domestic violence.
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