How have courts interpreted the language of Proposition 8 in the context of impeachment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Foreman, 174 Cal.App.3d 175, 219 Cal.Rptr. 759 (Cal. App. 1985):
People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111 interpreted the language of Proposition 8 to mean that the trial court's discretion to exclude priors offered for purposes of impeachment if the probative value of the evidence is outweighed by the risk of undue prejudice was left intact, stating:
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