P. v. Hill
A jury convicted defendant Diriki Hill of one count of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code,[1] § 245, subd. (a)(1), count 1), and found true the special allegation he personally used a knife in committing the assault (§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(23)). Hill pleaded guilty to two other counts and stipulated he had suffered three prior convictions that qualified as serious felonies and as strikes under the three strikes law. The court, after denying Hill's motion to dismiss the prior conviction allegations, sentenced him to 25 years to life plus a determinate term of five years.
On appeal, Hill contends the court abused its discretion when it denied his effort to impeach a prosecution witness with that witness's prior convictions. Hill also contends the court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to dismiss the prior conviction allegations.
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