Able v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that it is only the “fact of conviction” or the intentional misrepresentation of the “fact” that is relevant to credibility
• where defendant failed to raise objection regarding \confusing nature\ of jury instruction at trial, he is barred from raising issue on appeal
• where defendant failed to raise objection regarding “confusing nature” of jury instruction at trial, he is barred from raising issue on appeal
• “Unless the prior conviction was for perjury, neither the nature of the felony nor the details of the conviction are admissible.”
• where defendant failed to raise objection regarding “confusing nature” of jury instruction at trial, he is barred from raising issue on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).