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California: Prior Conviction for Being a “Felon in Possession of Firearm” Admissible as Evidence in Subsequent Criminal Trials

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012

Filed under: Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Criminal Prosecution, Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling. Location: California.

The California Court of Appeal has held that a prior conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is a crime of moral turpitude, and therefore that evidence of such a conviction is not inadmissible as a matter of law.

In December 2008, while incarcerated at California State ...

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