Except as otherwise provided by statute, any otherwise admissible evidence (including evidence in the form of an opinion, evidence of reputation, and evidence of specific instances of such person’s conduct) is admissible to prove a person’s character or a trait of his character.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1100
Evidence of Character, Habit, or Custom
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 11 Cal. 4th 786 - People v. Memro (1995)
Most recently applied in 46 Cal. 4th 539 - People v. Davis (June 2009)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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