Opinion ID: 2570148
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Heading: The Other Crimes Instruction

Text: The court gave a version of CALJIC No. 8.87 that listed the other crimes committed by defendant and then stated, each of which involved the express or implied use of force or violence or the threat of force or violence. Defendant contends the instruction improperly directed the jury to find that the other crimes involved force or violence. We have held, however, that the characterization of other crimes as involving express or implied use of force or violence, or the threat thereof, is a legal question properly decided by the court. ( People v. Monterroso (2004) 34 Cal.4th 743, 793 [22 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 101 P.3d 956]; Nakahara, supra, 30 Cal.4th at p. 720.)