What is the effect of admitting evidence that defendant was suspended from the practice of law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gallardo, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 100, 239 Cal.App.4th 1333 (Cal. App. 2015):
6 The court reversed the trial court's judgment and order denying defendant's motion for a new trial on unrelatedgrounds, to wit, that the trial court committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence that defendant was suspended from the practice of law (People v. Geibel, supra, 93 Cal.App.2d at pp. 173174, 208 P.2d 743 ), by not permitting defendant to testify about legal services he rendered for the decedent (id. at pp. 174175, 208 P.2d 743 ), and by improperly instructing the jury (id. at pp. 177179, 208 P.2d 743 ).
6 The court reversed the trial court's judgment and order denying defendant's motion for a new trial on unrelatedgrounds, to wit, that the trial court committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence that defendant was suspended from the practice of law (People v. Geibel, supra, 93 Cal.App.2d at pp. 173174, 208 P.2d 743 ), by not permitting defendant to testify about legal services he rendered for the decedent (id. at pp. 174175, 208 P.2d 743 ), and by improperly instructing the jury (id. at pp. 177179, 208 P.2d 743 ).
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