What is the prejudice inherent in admitting a defendant's prior conviction for possession of heroin in prison?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, C069782 (Cal. App. 2013):

This assessment of prejudice was inadequate. "'The "prejudice" referred to in [section 352] applies to evidence which uniquely tends to evoke an emotional bias against defendant as an individual and which has very little effect on the issues. In applying section 352, "prejudicial" is not synonymous with "'damaging."' [Citation.]" (People v. Bolin (1998) 18 Cal.4th 297, 320.) Here, the prejudice inherent in admitting defendant's recently-suffered prior conviction for possession of heroin in prison was the danger that the jury would apply it to the

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