State v. Hackford

How courts have described this case

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• holding trial court erred in limiting cross-examination about disposition of charges against testifying codefendant when such evidence might have established bias or motive
• evidence of prior bad act was not so great when compared to other evidence of defendant’s guilt
• trial court's error in prohibiting cross-examination for bias of prosecution witness deemed harmless
• “[T]he right of cross-examination is not without limitation.... To permit an exploration of potential bias without adequate foundation for the questions asked certainly can create a danger of unfair prejudice.”
• “[I]f a prior instance of conduct is relevant to a witness’ bias or motive to testify differently than would otherwise be the case, evidence pertaining to that conduct is not subject to exclusion under Rule 608(b).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).