Court Opinion

ID: 9940165
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-13 17:15:44.075736+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:42:38.705252
License: Public Domain

I concur in the result. I merely observe that the effort to find that the violation of the rule of People v. Fries (1979)24 Cal.3d 222, 229-232 [155 Cal.Rptr. 194, 594 P.2d 19] is harmless error simply underscores my belief that Fries is ripe for reconsideration. Whatever may be the value of felony-impeachment in general, it is clear to me that the Legislature never intended an elaborate, court-created set of fixed rules by which the admissibility of prior felony convictions for impeachment was to be governed. The true intent was, I submit, that the entire problem be dealt with on a case-by-case basis under the aegis of section 352 of the Evidence Code. (See People v. House (1970) 12 Cal.App.3d 756, 768-774 [90 Cal.Rptr. 831] (conc. opn.).)
Richardson, J., concurred. *Page 584