California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, S030553 (Cal. 2013):
Defendant contends that, by the time of trial, the statue of limitations had run on the Kenneth Moore and the Officer Sims incidents, and that their use therefore violated his right to due process and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Defendant acknowledges that we have held that section 190.3, factor (b) evidence "is not subject to exclusion on the ground that prosecution for those acts would be barred by a statute of limitations" (People v. Heishman (1988) 45 Cal.3d 147, 192) but requests that we reconsider our holding. We decline to do so.
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