CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Character and Reputation Evidence
......To Prove Conduct & Prior Bad Acts
.........Authority
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Character evidence inadmissible to prove conduct.

Evidence of other crimes admissible to prove fact in issue. (Fed. Rules of Evid.)

Reputation or opinion evidence of character in federal proceedings.

Evidence of membership in racist prison gang improperly used as evidence of bad character in sentencing phase where it had no connection to crime charged.

Testimony re D's leadership role in "White" jail group relevant not to racism but to explain his influence over inmates who sexually assaulted witness at D's instigation, and relevant to D's participation in group sex assaults.

Evidence of D's character in form of opinion or reputation not inadmissible if offered by D to prove conduct in conformity therewith.