California v. Sanghera
Annotate this CaseA jury found defendant Mangal Singh Sanghera guilty of assault with a deadly weapon (stabbing instrument) and found that he personally inflicted great bodily injury. Defendant was sentenced to a state prison term of five years. Defendant’s sole contention on appeal was that the trial court abused its discretion by declining to exclude prior misconduct impeachment evidence under Evidence Code section 352.1 He further argued that a longstanding precedent requiring a defendant to testify to preserve this claim for appellate review did not apply here because he informed the trial court he would not testify if the impeachment evidence was allowed and the trial court failed to consider the impact on his decision to testify in denying his motion to exclude the evidence. After review, the Court of Appeal concluded that because defendant did not testify, he did not preserve the purported error and his contention was procedurally barred from review.
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