People v. Thornton

Opinion

McKINSTER, J.

Following a jury trial, defendants Nugent and Thornton were convicted of robbing Debra Young and Mark Horton on December 19, 1988. (Pen. Code, § 211.) Both appeal. We affirm.

Contentions

Defendant Nugent raises three alleged errors. First, contending that section 422 is not a crime of moral turpitude, he claims that the trial court improperly permitted him to be impeached on the basis of a prior conviction of that offense. Second, assuming that impeachment with that conviction was permissible, he asserts that he should have been allowed to ameliorate the effect of that…