United States v. George Junious Leake, United States of America v. Robert Faulkner

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• holding that evidence of fraudulent conduct is “clearly probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness”
• noting that perjury, fraud, swindling, forgery, bribery, and embezzlement are permissible topics of impeachment under Rule 608
• admitting testimony regarding conversation that was \necessary to explain the context in which [the defendant] made the statements\
• “Rule 608 authorizes inquiry only into instances of misconduct that are clearly probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, such as perjury, fraud, swindling, forgery, bribery, and embezzlement.”
• statement to defendant about use of returned funds was not hearsay because it was not offered to prove that money was, in fact, used as described to defendant; its purpose was to show that defendant believed that the funds were being used legitimately

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