Does a defendant have prior criminal convictions for possession, use and concealment of a firearm?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McKinney, F071025 (Cal. App. 2017):
Defendant further contends his two felony convictions had nothing to do with the possession, use, or concealment of a firearm. He directs us to case authority holding that evidence of a prior related conviction "has at best only a slight tendency to establish that [a] defendant was presently engaged in illegal conduct." (People v. Gallegos (1964) 62 Cal.2d 176, 179.)
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