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Rhodes v. State

Citations

  • 634 S.W.2d 107
  • 276 Ark. 203
  • 1982 Ark. LEXIS 1403

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that shoplifting, a form of theft, did not go to witness’s capacity for truthfulness, and trial court did not err in refusing cross-examination about alleged shoplifting incident
  • modification in the court’s interpretation of Rules 608(b) and 609 of the Arkansas Rules of Evidence to be applied prospectively and not to the case on appeal because the defendant relied upon prior case law
  • modification in the court's interpretation of Rules 608(b) and 609 of the Arkansas Rules of Evidence to be applied prospectively and not to the case on appeal because the defendant relied upon prior case law
  • evidence of shoplifting not admissible under counterpart of CRE 608(b)
  • shoplifting is not probative of truthfulness
  • shoplifting is not probative of truthfulness

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Judges: Dudley, Hickman, Hays

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