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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. A116295.

70 Cal.Rptr.3d 845 (2008)

159 Cal.App.4th 141

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jack B. WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

January 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kay, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff and respondent;

L. Richard Bruacher, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for defendant and appellant.

POLLAK, J.

Defendant Jack B. Williams was convicted by a jury of committing various assaults on a 71-year-old man. Over defendant's objection, the prosecution presented evidence that defendant had committed two previous attacks on older men. On appeal he challenges the constitutionality of Evidence Code section 1109, subdivision (a)(2),1 which authorizes the admission of evidence of prior bad acts in this context. We reject that challenge...

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