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Hernandez v. State

Citations

  • 976 S.W.2d 753
  • 1998 WL 255075

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  • holding that the traditional exception did not apply where intervening misdemeanor convictions at issue did not involve moral turpi tude
  • “[T]he ‘tacking’ of the intervening convictions causes a conviction older than 10 years to be treated as not remote.”
  • a remote conviction is a poor indication of the accused’s present character; a remote conviction must have occurred at a time sufficiently recent to have some bearing on the present credibility of the witness
  • a remote conviction is a poor indication of the accused’s present character; a remote conviction must have occurred at a time sufficiently recent to have some bearing on the present credibility of the witness
  • a remote conviction is a poor indication of the accused’s present character; a remote conviction must have occurred at a time sufficiently recent to have some bearing on the present credibility of the witness
  • finding impeachment value for delivery of marijuana is low

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Judges: Cohen, Wilson, Hedges, Taft

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