Can prior felony convictions be used to attack the credibility of a witness in a civil case?

Under Evidence Code section 788, prior felony convictions may be used for the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness. "Upon proper objection to the admission of a prior felony conviction for purposes of impeachment in a civil case, a trial court is bound to perform the weighing function prescribed by [Evidence Code] section 352." (Robbins v. Wong (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 261, 274 [providing historical review of admissibility of prior conviction evidence].) Under Evidence Code section 352, the

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