Court Allows Evidence of Car Fire From Four Years Earlier to Convict Insured of Arson to Office Building
In an unpublished decision, the California Court of Appeal found no prejudicial error in the introduction of evidence of a four year old arson to the insured’s vehicle in an insured’s trial for arson and insurance fraud involving his business.
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
JOHN J. VALERIO, Defendant and Appellant.
v.
JOHN J. VALERIO, Defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.
Kristin A. Erickson, for Defendant and Appellant.
Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Margaret E. Maxwell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Eric E. Reynolds, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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