CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Character and Reputation Evidence
......To Prove Conduct & Prior Bad Acts
.........Evid. Code §1101 Not Abrogated by Prop. 8
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Even if Prop 8 abrogated Evid. Code §1101, Legislature reenacted statute by amending it in 1986 by >2/3 vote.
  • Harmless error to admit testimony that D had unique handgun similar to murder weapon a year before murders; also not admissible under EC 1101 as it was propensity evidence.
  • 1986 amendment to Evid. Code §1101 had effect of restoring unamended portion of statute as well.
  • Evid. Code §1101 not abrogated by Prop. 8.