Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
Defendant contends that the trial court erroneously permitted the prosecution to cross-examine him concerning a prior assault conviction, involving the stabbing of another individual two years earlier. Initially, at a Sandoval hearing, the prosecution was precluded from using the prior assault conviction. But, after the defendant testified that the victim's wound was caused accidentally, the prosecution...
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