California Court of Appeal

PEOPLE v. RIVERA, H023879

The trial court did not err in permitting defendant to be impeached with a prior offense of possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to commit an assault, as such a crime generates a synergy that represents a degree of public harm significantly greater than simple assault or simple drug possession.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2003
• Published 04/22/2003

Judges

• ELIA, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Bill Locyker, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Sr. Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin and Gregg E. Zywicke, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff-Respondent., Robert L. S. Angres, Santa Rosa, under appointment by the Court of Appeal in Association with the Sixth District Appellate Program, for Defendant-Appellant.