Clark v. Casler

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• Defendant’s unsolicited remarks during direct examination emphasizing that he was telling the truth “opened the door” for cross-examination as to prior convictions involving dishonesty.
• The court decided the defendant emphasized his truthfulness without any solicitation from the State, so he opened the door to being cross-examined about his previous convictions involving dishonesty or false statements.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).