CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Character and Reputation Evidence
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Habit or Custom to Prove Conduct
.........Domestic Violence
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Evidence of V's visit to sister offered to show propensity and was inadmissible hearsay, its nonhearsay use was not relevant, and court erred in allowing it; error harmless given abundant evidence of D's guilt.
Residential burglary based on an intent to steal theory is an act of domestic violence for which prior acts of domestic violence are admissible under Evid. Code §1109.