CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Witness Credibility Evidence
......Prop. 8 Considerations
.........Case Application
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Prop 8 adds to impeachment "by felony convictions only," allowing relevant acts of moral turp., but fact of misdem. conviction still inadmissible on hearsay grounds.

Evid. Code §786 and Evid. Code §787 inapplicable in criminal cases.

Evid. Code §790 inapplicable in criminal cases where crime committed after effective date of Prop. 8.

Specific act proper impeachment evidence.

Evid. Code §787 and Evid. Code §788, in light of Prop 8, no longer preclude admission of relevant misdemeanor ••conduct•• for impeachment purposes.