Can the prosecution impeach a testifying defendant with statements obtained from his own counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Collins, 45 Cal.App.4th 849, 53 Cal.Rptr.2d 367 (Cal. App. 1996):
13 Recent California authority extends this reasoning to also permit the prosecution to impeach a testifying defendant with statements obtained in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. (People v. Brown (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 461, 472-474, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 652.)
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