Government of the Virgin Islands v. Bedford, Warren

How courts have described this case

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• highlighting the importance of the defendant’s testimony and credibility as relevant considerations when determining admissibility of a prior conviction under Rule 609(a)(1)
• overwhelming evidence lessens possibility of substantial influence on jury of inadmissible evidence
• no new or different offense charged where the count contained all the elements necessary to charge both offenses
• lesser-included offense would never constitute a different offense and seldom would be an additional offense within the meaning of Rule 7(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• “Rule 609(a)(1) is absolutely clear and explicit in requiring the trial court, before admitting evidence of a prior conviction, to make a determination that the probative value of the evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect to the defendant.”
• “Because a lesser included offense is, by definition, composed exclusively of some, but not all, of the elements of the offense charged, it would never constitute a „different‟ offense . . . within the meaning of Rule 7 (e).”

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