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...Evidence
......Discretion to Exclude Relevant Evid.
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  • Uncharged incidents of sexual assault properly admitted under EC §352 in defendants' trial for sexual assaults and murder.
  • EC §352 applies to evidence that tends to evoke an emotional bias against a defendant as an individual, and which has little effect on the issues.
  • Evidence is prejudicial under EC §352 when it evokes an emotional bias against defendant and has little effect on the issues; prejudice is not the damage that flows from relevant and highly probative evidence.
  • D's prior conviction for reckless evasion after carjacking was admissible, not under EC 1101(b), but under EC 352 to impeach D's credibility vis-a-vis V's.