California Court of Appeal

Misdemeanor negligent discharge of a firearm constitutes a crime of moral turpitude, but the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding a prosecution witness's prior conviction for this offense as a form of impeachment under Evidence Code section 352.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/10/2002
• Published 10/10/2002

Judges

• ASHMANN-GERST, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  A. William Bartz, Jr., Torrance, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin and David A. Wildman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.