What is the remedy for admitting a prior criminal conviction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 143 Cal.Rptr. 852, 77 Cal.App.3d 866 (Cal. App. 1978):
Although we agree that the admission of the prior constitutes reversible error, appellant's remedy is to have only that part of the judgment declaring the existence of the prior felony conviction reversed. (People v. Fisk (1975) 50 Cal.App.3d 364, 372-373, 123 Cal.Rptr. 414.)
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