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PEOPLE v. CASTRO

Docket No. Crim. 23605.

38 Cal.3d 301 (1985)

696 P.2d 111

211 Cal. Rptr. 719

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARIA J. CASTRO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard A. Lieberman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Howard J. Berman and Berman & Glenn for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Jonathan B. Steiner, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Eugene W. Kaster, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr. and David D. Salmon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christopher N. Heard as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUS, J.

A jury convicted defendant Maria Castro of receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496). Before trial, the court denied a motion to bar impeachment with then unspecified priors, should defendant choose to testify. The court based its ruling on article I, section 28, subdivision (f) of the California Constitution,1 concluding that it was more specific than subdivision (d)

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