Previous Evidence of Player’s Loss of Temper Was Admissible in Eye-Gouging Case

A California state appeals court has affirmed a trial court’s decision to admit evidence from a previous incident and convict a football player of felony battery in a case where he was found to have intentionally poked out the eye of another football player during a drill.   One of the trial court’s key rulings on appeal was whether an incident involving defendant Gregory Curoso while he was a member of the Santa Rosa Junior College football team was admissible. “There was a reasonabl