Government of the Virgin Islands v. Schiller Toto

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the Third Circuit follows the “middle ground” or “highly probable” test for harmless error
• holding error harmless if “it is highly probable that the error did not contribute to the judgment”
• reviewing a March, 1975 trial, and therefore applying the circuit’s traditional crimen falsi limitation on impeachment by misdemeanor conviction, but construing Rule 609(a)(2) in dictum
• assessing whether it is highly probable that an alleged error did not contribute to a verdict
• applying pre-Rule 609 common law but noting that the Rule accords with existing Third Circuit practice
• noting the test for harmless error is whether it is highly probable that evidentiary error did not contribute to conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).