Does a defendant have to testify before a panel of impeached members of the House of Representatives?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Renteria, 6 Cal.App.4th 1076, 8 Cal.Rptr.2d 255 (Cal. App. 1992):
[6 Cal.App.4th 1081] The law of the land is clear: "[t]o raise and preserve for review the claim for improper impeachment with a prior conviction, a defendant must testify." (Luce v. United States (1984) 469 U.S. 38, 43, 105 S.Ct. 460, 464, 83 L.Ed.2d 443.) In People
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