Can a conviction necessarily involving moral turpitude be used to impeach a witness at a criminal proceeding?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Handy, D072821 (Cal. App. 2018):
Any felony conviction necessarily involving moral turpitude may be used to impeach a witness at a criminal proceeding. (Cal. Const., art. I, 28, subd. (f)(4); People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 306.) Moral turpitude is conduct that indicates
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dishonesty, bad character, a general readiness to do evil, or moral depravity of any kind. (Id. at pp. 314-315.) Robbery is a crime of moral turpitude. (People v. Brown (1985) 169 Cal.App.3d 800, 806.)
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