Can a witness be impeached for misconduct involving moral turpitude?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Torres, A130609 (Cal. App. 2012):

allows for exclusion of impeachment evidence in individual cases is broad. The statute empowers courts to prevent criminal trials from degenerating into nitpicking wars of attrition over collateral credibility issues." (Id. at p. 296.) We review the trial court's ruling on the admission of past misconduct involving moral turpitude to impeach a witness for abuse of discretion. (People v. Ardoin (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 102, 121.)

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