What is the effect of Proposition 8 on impeached members of the House of Representatives?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. L.L. (In re L.L.), A145341 (Cal. App. 2016):
1. The subsidiary holding in People v. Lent, supra, 15 Cal.3d 481, concerning the use of misdemeanors for impeachment was superseded by Proposition 8 in 1982. (See People v. Wheeler (1992) 4 Cal.4th 284, 290-291.)
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