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· 12/7/1988

Signer v. State

Citations

  • 536 So. 2d 10
  • 1988 WL 133110

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that admission for impeachment purposes of prior conviction that had been set aside violated Mississippi Rule of Evidence 609(c)
  • finding that admission for impeachment purposes of prior conviction that had been set aside violated Mississippi Rule of Evidence 609(c)
  • plain error when the trial judge failed to make threshold finding as required under Miss. Rule of Evid. 609(a)(1), that the probative value of admitting evidence of the appellant's prior convictions outweighed the prejudicial effect on the appellant.

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Judges: Dan M. Lee, P.J., and Anderson and Zuccaro

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