What are the consequences of section 352 of the California Criminal Code when a defendant has a history of criminal convictions?

3. The directions should inform the trial court of its dispositional alternatives. The court should first be directed to rule on whether it would have excluded any of the prior convictions in the exercise of its discretion. ¹⁴ The factors that the trial court should consider in exercising that discretion are, to begin with, those noted in People v. Beagle, supra, 6 Cal.3d at pages 453-454, 99 Cal.Rptr. 313, 492 P.2d 1. Properly understood, those factors remain relevant to any application of section 352 even after the adoption of section 28(f).