PEOPLE v. SCOTT

Docket No. C001104.

194 Cal.App.3d 550 (1987)

239 Cal. Rptr. 588

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARL EDWARD SCOTT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Harvey R. Zall, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe and Clayton S. Tanaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

BLEASE, Acting P.J.

Introduction

Evidence Code section 1101 forbids the use of evidence of uncharged criminal offenses to besmirch a defendant's character to prove his conduct on the occasions charged. In the published portion of this opinion,* we hold that the validity of Evidence Code...

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