In a Criminal Prosecution, the Prosecutor Has Evidence That the Defendant

Multiple Choice

In a criminal prosecution, the prosecutor has evidence that the defendant has committed many other crimes other than the one for which he is presently on trial. Under the rules of evidence regulating the use of character evidence, the general rule is that evidence of other prior crimes or misconduct by the defendant:

A) may not be admitted in a criminal case because it has no bearing on the crime that the government has alleged in the current criminal case.
B) may be admissible but only to prove the existence of a common scheme or plan, motive, intent, identity, or lack of mistake of the defendant.
C) is always admissible to show that the accused had a criminal propensity because humans generally act in predictable patterns.
D) is not admitted at the criminal trial if there is a possibility that it will help the case of the prosecution.