What is the test required by the California Supreme Court to convict a defendant of a prior felony conviction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bowen, 11 Cal.App.4th 102, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 40 (Cal. App. 1992):
3 The cited constitutional provision "requires proof in open court of the fact of a prior felony conviction which is an element of the charged offense." (People v. Weathington, supra, 231 Cal.App.3d at p. 85, 282 Cal.Rptr. 170; see People v. Valentine (1986) 42 Cal.3d 170, 181-182, 228 Cal.Rptr. 25, 720 P.2d 913.)
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