168 Cal. App. 2d 549 - People v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. ““If the evidence of another crime is necessary or pertinent to the proof of the one charged, the law will not thwart justice by excluding that evidence, simply because it involves the commission of another crime. (People v. Tucker, 104 Cal. 440 [ 38 P. 195 ].) The general tests of the admissibility of evidence in a criminal ease are: 1. Is it a part of the res gestae ? 2. If not, does it tend logically, naturally, and by reasonable inference, to establish any fact material for the people, or to overcome any material matter sought to be proved by the defense? If it does, then it is admissible, whether it embraces the commission of another crime or does not, whether the other crime be similar in kind or not, whether it be part of a single design or not ...” (See also People v. Peete, 28 Cal.2d 306 [ 169 P.2d 924 ] ; People v. McMonigle, 29 Cal. 2d 730, 742 [ 177 P.2d 745 ]; People v. Sykes, 44 Cal.2d 166, 170 [ 280 P.2d 769 ].) We think the evidence of the Cox burglary was pertinent to the issue of intent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 Cal. App. 2d 230 - People v. Massey