What is the test for admitting evidence of domestic violence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perkins, F065128 (Cal. App. 2013):
action in which the defendant is accused of an offense involving domestic violence, "permits the admission of [evidence of] defendant's other acts of domestic violence for the purpose of showing a propensity to commit such crimes," provided that such evidence is not made inadmissible pursuant to section 352.5 (People v. Hoover (2000) 77 Cal.App.4th 1020, 1024.)
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