What is the test for impeaching a witness who has been convicted of a prior felony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Keating, 118 Cal.App.3d 172, 173 Cal.Rptr. 286 (Cal. App. 1981):
Relevancy of a prior felony conviction for impeachment means the felony must reflect on the credibility of the witness. To do so it must have as a necessary element "the intent to lie, defraud, deceive, steal, etc." (People v. Spearman, supra, 25 Cal.3d 107, 114, 157 Cal.Rptr. 883, 599 P.2d
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