Does the trial court erred by informing the jury that defendant's prior crimes did not involve moral turpitude?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Douangpanya, 109 Cal.Rptr.3d 223, 184 Cal.App.4th 606 (Cal. App. 2010):
Defendant contends the trial court erred by informing the jury in response to defendant's request that defendant's prior crimes involved moral turpitude and by defining moral turpitude according to People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111 as "a readiness to do evil." He claims that, in doing so, the court predisposed the jury to see him as an "evil" man.
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