Opinion ID: 1277356
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Evidence of Prior Crimes Barred by the Statute of Limitations

Text: As noted above, the prosecution presented evidence of unadjudicated criminal offenses committed by defendant in 1973 and 1975. On appeal, defendant contends that such offenses were stale at the time of defendant's trial in 1987-1988, that prosecution of these offenses was barred by the applicable statute of limitations, and that the trial court therefore erred in permitting the introduction of this evidence. Defendant's position is without merit. ( People v. Medina (1995) 11 Cal.4th 694, 772, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 165, 906 P.2d 2 [neither remoteness nor the expiration of the statutory limitations period bars admission of a defendant's prior unadjudicated criminal activity for purposes of section 190.3, factor (b)]; People v. Garceau, supra, 6 Cal.4th 140, 199, 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 664, 862 P.2d 664, and cases cited therein.)