California Court of Appeal

Former CALJIC No. 2.50.01, which allowed jury to consider prior uncharged acts of sexual abuse under the preponderance of evidence standard, improperly allowed jury to convict defendant under that standard for charged sexual abuse count.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2001
• Published 05/16/2001

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Linda Starr, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant, Appellant and Petitioner., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster and William H. Davis, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.