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When attempting to impeach a witness in California, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence under Proposition 8?
Proposition 8 states that relevant evidence shall not be excluded in criminal cases, thus any eviden...
When attempting to impeach a witness, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to evidence of character for untruthfulness?
Opinion and reputation testimony that bears on a witness's truthfulness or untruthfulness is admissi...
When attempting to impeach a witness, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to prior inconsistent statements?
A witness can be impeached by prior inconsistent statements, which are limited to impeachment purpos...
When attempting to impeach a witness in California, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to misdemeanor convictions?
In civil cases, misdemeanor convictions are inadmissible to impeach. However, in criminal cases, the...
When attempting to impeach a witness, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to misdemeanor convictions?
A witness may be impeached by misdemeanor convictions involving dishonesty or false statements, and...
How may a witness be <impeached>?
There are 5 primary ways to impeach a witness: (1) specific instances of conduct and prior bad acts;...
When attempting to impeach a witness, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to specific instances of conduct and prior bad acts?
A witness may be impeached by prior bad acts involving untruthfulness in questions on cross-examinat...
When attempting to impeach a witness in California, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to felony convictions?
A witness may be impeached by felony convictions involving moral turpitude only in criminal cases, s...
When attempting to impeach a witness, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to felony convictions?
A witness may be impeached by felony convictions that involve dishonesty or false statements, and th...
When attempting to impeach a witness in California, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to specific instances of conduct and prior bad acts?
In civil cases, specific instances of conduct and prior bad acts evidence that bears on the witness'...
In California, how may a witness be impeached?
In California, there are 6 primary ways to impeach a witness: (1) specific instances of conduct and...
When attempting to impeach a witness in California, how do courts handle the admissibility of evidence related to prior inconsistent statements?
A witness can be impeached by prior inconsistent statements, which are admissible both to impeach an...
