Opinion ID: 1119859
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Heading: Evidence of the Circumstances of the Riverside County Crimes

Text: Defendant challenges on several grounds the evidence of the circumstances of the Riverside County crimes. We have repeatedly rejected the contentions. (E.g., People v. Fierro, ante, pp. 173, 230-232 [3 Cal. Rptr.2d 426, 821 P.2d 1302]; People v. Ashmus, supra, 54 Cal.3d at p. 985 & fn. 15.) (38) As explained in those cases, evidence of a defendant's other violent criminal conduct, including all of the pertinent circumstances, is admissible whether or not the defendant has also been convicted of the crimes. The fact that defendant offered to stipulate to some of the facts and to his convictions of the crimes does not change the admissibility of the prosecution evidence. Surely, testimony by a live witness is not barred. ( People v. Ashmus, supra, 54 Cal.3d at p. 985.)