PEOPLE v. FRIES

Docket No. Crim. 20031.

24 Cal.3d 222 (1979)

594 P.2d 19

155 Cal. Rptr. 194

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES PAUL FRIES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald D. MacGregor, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Charles P. Just and Richard L. Adams, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Appellant, James Paul Fries, was convicted of robbery in the second degree by a jury. (Pen. Code, § 211.) He asks this court to hold that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to exclude evidence of a prior conviction which was offered to impeach his credibility.

I

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