PEOPLE v. COLLINS

Docket No. Crim. 24784.

42 Cal.3d 378 (1986)

722 P.2d 173

228 Cal. Rptr. 899

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALONZO COLLINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dennis L. Cava, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Dennis A. Fischer for Defendant and Appellant.

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, Theresa B. Doyle and George L. Schraer, Deputy State Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Mark Alan Hart, Ernest Martinez and Terry T. Fujimoto, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Ira Reiner, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Donald J. Kaplan and Richard Sullivan, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

In People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301 [211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111], we held that article I, section 28, subdivision (f), of the Constitution (hereinafter section 28(f)), adopted as part of Proposition 8 on the June 1982 Primary Election ballot, authorizes the impeachment of a witness...

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