PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

Docket No. F026595.

62 Cal.App.4th 1454 (1998)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SERAFIN AREBALO MARTINEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

April 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sylvia Koryn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Stan Cross and Carlos A. Martinez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

WISEMAN, J.

The published portion of this opinion clarifies the meaning of the term "convicted" as used in Evidence Code section 788, which addresses when the credibility of a witness may be attacked. Defendant was convicted by jury of felony driving under the influence the week before his trial in this case. At the time he testified in the...

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