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Commonwealth v. White

Citations

  • 48 Mass. App. Ct. 658
  • 724 N.E.2d 726
  • 2000 Mass. App. LEXIS 91

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  • no error to admit twenty-three prior convictions for impeachment: “we are unaware of any authority imposing a numerical limit to such proof”
  • “there is significant prejudicial potential in allowing even a well-instructed jury to learn that a defendant has a large number of prior convictions”

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Judges: Jacobs

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