PEOPLE v. WOODARD

Docket No. Crim. 20455.

23 Cal.3d 329 (1979)

590 P.2d 391

152 Cal. Rptr. 536

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMUEL L. WOODARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul N. Halvonik, State Public Defender, Clifton R. Jeffers, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Philip M. Brooks and Janet M. Lande, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., and Ann K. Jensen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Appellant, Samuel L. Woodard, was convicted by a jury of second degree robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211.) This court must decide if a witness, other than a defendant, may be impeached at trial by felony convictions whose probative value may be outweighed by the risk of undue prejudice. (Evid. Code, § 352.)

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