In what circumstances have courts been found to have abused their discretion in admitting certain "remote" felony convictions for impeachment purposes?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rollo, 141 Cal.Rptr. 177, 20 Cal.3d 109, 569 P.2d 771 (Cal. 1977):
In two subsequent cases, we have held, successively, that trial courts had abused their discretion in admitting, for impeachment purposes, certain "remote" felony convictions (People v. Antick (1975) 15 Cal.3d 79, 123 Cal.Rptr. 475, 539 P.2d 43), and a "similar" prior conviction where other and dissimilar priors were available (People v. Rist (1976) 16 Cal.3d 211, 127 Cal.Rptr. 457, 545 P.2d 833).
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