People v. Kyllingstad

In People v. Kyllingstad (1978) 85 Cal.App.3d 562, the charged offense was burglary and the trial court ruled that the defendant could be impeached by two prior burglary convictions and a conviction for receiving stolen property. The appellate court held that it was error to admit the burglary convictions, but admission of the stolen property offense, "which was not remote, was dissimilar to the offense charged, and being a larcenous crime . . . would clearly have been proper under Beagle." ( Kyllingstad, supra, at p. 569.)