Kiernan v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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• judge instructed the jury that the indictment on one of the charges against the defendant had been withdrawn
• party using prior conviction to impeach witness \is limited to establishing the identity of the witness as the person named in the record\ and must not mention details of conviction
• not “classic duel” where “compelling forensic and strong circumstantial evidence” point to guilt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).