UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David BENSIMON, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that the district court erred in permitting an old conviction to impeach a defendant when the defendant did not “portray[] himself to be a ‘law-abiding’ citizen”
• recognizing this tension yet allowing limits on defense counsel’s examination of adverse witnesses
• noting that “convictions over 10 years old will be 20 admitted very rarely and only in exceptional circumstances.” (quoting Fed. R. Evid. 609(b) 21 advisory committee’s note) (emphasis in original)
• determining that, when a court considers the Rule 609(b
• determining that, when a court considers the Rule 609(b
• noting testimony at trial “may bring facts to the district court’s 5 attention that it did not anticipate at the time of its initial [motion in limine] ruling”

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