California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garrett, 195 Cal.App.3d 795, 241 Cal.Rptr. 10 (Cal. App. 1987):
A witness in a criminal trial may be impeached with a prior felony conviction if the least adjudicated elements of that felony necessarily involve moral turpitude. (People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 317, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111.) Even if the prior felony conviction involves moral turpitude, its admission is also subject to the trial court's discretion under Evidence Code section 352 to exclude evidence when its probative value is outweighed by the risk of undue prejudice. (Id., at p. 307, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111.)
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