People v. Crandall
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. B. N. Smith, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1ConcurrenceTemple, J.
I concur in the judgment and in the opinion of Mr. Justice Van Dyke, except that I do not agree that questions irrelevant to the issues in a case, asked for the purpose of discrediting the witness, can never, in the discretion of the trial judge, be asked of a witness. It is said that sections 3051 and 3053 of the Code of Civil Procedure prohibit such evidence. In express terms these sections certainly do not. It is stated that a witness may be impeached: 1. By contradictory evidence; 3. By evidence that his general reputation for honesty and integrity is bad; and 3. By proving inconsistent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. WellsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Gt. W. Turnpike Co. v. . LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- People v. Un DongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Pyle v. PiercyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- White v. McLeanCommission of Appeals · 1873