CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Witness Credibility Evidence
......Prior Convictions
.........Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
............Deadly Weapon/Intent to Assault
2 Cards On This Topic:

Trial court did not err in admitting priors for possession of an assault weapon and cultivation of marijuana for impeachment purposes as both are crimes of moral turpitude.

Carrying deadly weapon while intending to assault another is clear example of conduct showing 'general readiness to do evil'; court did not err in allowing D to be impeached with sanitized version of offense.