THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS
Evidence Code Sec. 1109(a)(2), which authorizes the admission of evidence of prior acts of abuse of an elderly or dependent adult to prove a propensity to abuse such persons, subject to the court's discretion to exclude evidence that is unduly prejudicial or time consuming, or likely to confuse or mislead the jury, does not violate constitutional guarantees of due process as applied to evidence of prior physical assaults with a sexual tone committed on elderly men, which were very similar to charged crimes and were no more inflammatory than the acts with which defendant was charged.
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