What is the test for impeaching a defendant who was previously convicted of a similar crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Baylark, E051505, Super.Ct.No. RIF146081 (Cal. App. 2011):
First, it is not at all clear the offense for which the victim was convicted would qualify as one for which impeachment would be permitted. In Rhaburn v. Superior Court (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 1566, in discussing whether the public defender's office should be disqualified from representing the defendant because it had previously represented a witness in the case, we noted the witness "had originally been charged with a crime of
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