Originally Posted by Aurelius
From People v. Ansell(2001) 256 Cal..4th 868 (that's the California Supreme Court):
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FN16. For example, under the Code of Civil Procedure, convicted felons are eligible to serve on trial juries if their “civil rights” have “been restored.” ( Id., § 203, subd. (a)(5).) Under Evidence Code section 788, impeachment with a felony conviction is barred if the witness has obtained either a “pardon based on his innocence” ( id., subd. (a)), or a “certificate of rehabilitation and pardon” ( id., subd. (b)). Likewise, a “pardon ... based upon a certificate of rehabilitation” restores “the right to own, possess, and keep any type of [lawful] firearm,” except where “the person was ever convicted of a felony involving the use of a dangerous weapon.” (Pen.Code, § 4852.17; see id., § 4854 [establishing similar firearm rule in any case in which the Governor “grant [s] a pardon”].) Under a recent amendment to Penal Code section 290.5, persons convicted of committing certain serious sex crimes against children and adults can no longer use a certificate of rehabilitation to remove the duty to register under section 290; such duty does not end “until that person has obtained a full pardon” by proceeding either under Penal Code section 4800 et seq. or under section 4852.01 et seq. ( Id., § 290.5, subd. (b)(1), as amended by Stats.1996, ch. 129, § 1.) Finally, a pardon may enhance certain employment and professional opportunities otherwise unavailable to convicted felons. (E.g., Gov.Code, § 1029, subd. (b) [allowing convicted felons to work as parole or probation officers where “a full and unconditional pardon” has been obtained]; but see Pen.Code, §§ 4852.15 [cautioning that a certificate of rehabilitation does not compel reinstatement of any license, permit, or certificate needed “to practice or carry on any profession or occupation,” including the practice of medicine or law], 4853 [establishing similar cautionary rule where a pardon has been granted].)
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