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PEOPLE v. JACOBS

No. A079608.

93 Cal.Rptr.2d 783 (2000)

78 Cal.App.4th 1444

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jarrett Lamont JACOBS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

March 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Dubois, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Santa Rosa, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

McGUINESS, P.J.

In this case of first impression, we determine that a defendant's prior felony convictions are admissible under Evidence Code1 sections 1202 and 788 to attack his credibility when, at his own request, his exculpatory statement to the police is admitted into evidence, but he does not testify at trial.

Jarrett Lamont Jacobs (appellant) was convicted...

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