Does the arrest of a minor for simple battery constitute a crime of moral turpitude?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Galarze, B215309, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA326251 (Cal. App. 2011):
moral turpitude]; compare with People v. Lopez (2005) 129 Cal.App.4th 1508, 1522 [simple battery not crime of moral turpitude].) We need not reach this issue. Even if the trial court could have permitted the use of the arrest to impeach Reyes, the court did not abuse its discretion in excluding it, as discussed below.
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