California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dyson, C073254 (Cal. App. 2016):
"In a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual offense or offenses is not made inadmissible by [Evidence Code] Section 1101, if the evidence is not inadmissible pursuant to [Evidence Code] Section 352." (Evid. Code, 1108, subd. (a).) "Nearly every published opinion interpreting [Evidence Code] section 1108 (including some from this court) has recognized that this provision allows, when proper, evidence of prior uncharged sexual offenses to prove propensity. [Citations.]" (People v. Villatoro (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1152, 1160.)
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