Does a trial court abuse its power to admit evidence of prior criminal convictions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, F059938, Super. Ct. No. VCF218862 (Cal. App. 2011):
We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion under Evidence Code section 352 when it admitted evidence of defendant's prior offenses. And we add that, even if admission of the evidence was error, due to the strength of the case, any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24 (Chapman).)
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