Opinion ID: 1179776
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Cautionary Other-crimes Instruction.

Text: Defendant makes the related claim that his counsel was ineffective for failing to request an instruction that a guilty verdict on one or more of the joined charges could not be considered as proof that he is a person of bad character or criminal disposition and thus committed the other charged crimes. However, the case law suggests that such a limiting instruction is not necessary or proper in a case where charges are properly joined, particularly where, as here, CALJIC No. 17.02 was given. (See People v. Kegler (1987) 197 Cal. App.3d 72, 81-82 [242 Cal. Rptr. 897]; People v. Thornton (1979) 88 Cal. App.3d 795, 804 [152 Cal. Rptr. 77]; People v. Jackson (1975) 45 Cal. App.3d 67, 70 [119 Cal. Rptr. 71].) The claim of ineffective assistance of counsel lacks merit.