CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Witness Credibility Evidence
......Prior Convictions
.........Juvenile Adjudications
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Juvenile felony convictions may be used for impeachment.

Pending CSC decision to contrary, juvenile adjudication may be used as a strike to enhance adult offender's sentence notwithstanding absence of right to jury trial in delinquency proceedings.

Prior juvenile adjudication may constitutionally be used as a strike despite the fact that there is no right to a jury trial in juvenile proceedings.

Prior juvenile adjudication of robbery is strike where current offense committed after Prop. 21. Prior juvenile adjudication may constitutionally be used as a strike even though no right to jury trial in juvenile proceedings.

In cases not falling under W&I Code §1772, DA may introduce prior conduct evincing moral turpitude, even if conduct was subject of juvenile adjudication.

Juvenile adjudication may not be used for impeachment under Prop. 8 since it is civil, not criminal, proceeding, and adjudication is not felony conviction even if delinquency consists of felony activity.

Under Prop. 8, trial court may exclude, as unduly prejudicial, use of prior juvenile adjudications which were extinguished by Welf. & Inst. Code §1772 after honorable discharge from Youth Authority.