California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Field, 31 Cal.App.4th 1778, 37 Cal.Rptr.2d 803 (Cal. App. 1995):
4 This rule does not apply to a criminal defendant who takes the stand in his own trial; such a defendant may be impeached with a conviction that had been expunged pursuant to section 1203.4. (See Evid.Code, 788, subd. (c); People v. James (1940) 40 Cal.App.2d 740, 746, 105 P.2d 947.)
5 Appellate counsel refers to the following two provisions of Proposition 8:
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