Can a witness be impeached with evidence that he has been convicted of a felony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hunt, E049774 (Cal. App. 2011):
Under Evidence Code section 788, a witness can be impeached with evidence "that he has been convicted of a felony." Since the enactment of Proposition 8 in 1982, a witness in a criminal trial can also be impeached with evidence of prior misdemeanor misconduct. (People v. Wheeler (1992) 4 Cal.4th 284, 290-295 (Wheeler).) However,
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