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Criminal History Inadmissable for Impeachment
Loaded on July 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 25
In a ruling useful to prisoner litigants whose claims go to trial, a federal district court in New York gave a detailed discussion on the limits of using prior criminal history to impeach the testimony of felon witnesses. While not involving prison or jail litigation per se, the problem is ...
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