Court Opinion

ID: 9726490
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:53:22.377548+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:14:38.643465
License: Public Domain

NEWSOM, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
Believing as I do that unlawful sexual intercourse is the classic example of a malum prohibitum crime which no more shows a general readiness to do evil than does, say, conspiracy to tattoo a person under the age of 18, (People v. Castro (1985) 38 Cal.3d 301, 314, fn. 7 [211 Cal.Rptr. 719, 696 P.2d 111]), I would conclude that Fulcher’s statutory rape prior is inadmissible as a matter of law under the Collins test.
On remand, therefore, I would direct the trial court not to permit use of the statutory rape prior for the purpose of impeachment.