Is evidence of indecent exposure sufficient to impeach the testimony of a witness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McDaniel, A130570 (Cal. App. 2012):
Evidence of an indecent exposure conviction has the requisite moral turpitude to qualify for admission to impeach the testimony of a witness. The "requirement of lewdness, which is needed for a conviction of indecent exposure in California, supplies the assurance that a conviction for indecent exposure is one which necessarily involves moral turpitude." (People v. Ballard (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 687, 696.)
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