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Green v. State

Citations

  • 527 S.E.2d 98
  • 338 S.C. 428
  • 2000 S.C. LEXIS 27

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  • analyzing Rule 609(a)(1), SCRE and noting that federal courts have held that “prior convictions for the same or similar crimes are highly prejudicial and should be admitted sparingly,” but declining “to hold similar prior convictions inadmissible in all cases”
  • “Admission of evidence of a similar offense often does little to impeach the credibility of a testifying defendant while undoubtedly prejudicing him.”

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Judges: Burnett, Finney, Moore, Toal, Waller

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