Is there any case law where defense counsel did not raise a hearsay objection to the fact that defendant was convicted of resisting?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Flores, F069504 (Cal. App. 2016):
It is conceivable that defense counsel made the tactical decision not to raise a hearsay objection to avoid introducing evidence of defendant's actual conduct. The fact of defendant's misdemeanor conviction for resisting may have been less prejudicial than evidence about the actual conduct that led to that conviction. (Cf. People v. Shea (1995) 39 Cal.App.4th 1257, 1265.)
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