Can testifying witness be impeached with evidence that he was convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude?

Any testifying witness can be impeached with evidence that he or she suffered a prior conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude. (People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 306, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111.) One definition of moral turpitude is a " general readiness to do evil. " (Id. at pp. 314315, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111.) Whether a crime is one of moral turpitude is determined not by the facts underlying a particular commission of the offense but from the statutory

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