What is the test for admitting or excluding evidence of a witness's prior misconduct for impeachment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Romero, F074471 (Cal. App. 2019):
We review for an abuse of discretion a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence of a witness's prior offenses for impeachment. (People v. Clark (2011) 52 Cal.4th 856, 932.) " '[T]he admissibility of any past misconduct for impeachment is limited at the outset by the relevance requirement of moral turpitude. Beyond this, the latitude [Evidence Code] section 352 allows for exclusion of impeachment evidence in
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