Gaskin v. the State

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• explaining that because the evidence was not overwhelming, it is not highly probable that improperly admitted evidence of prior convictions did not affect the jury’s verdict
• “reversal is not required if the evidence of guilt is overwhelming in that there is no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been different in the absence of this error”
• acts probative of truthfulness include forgery, perjury, and fraud

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).