EVIDENCE-EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES-USE OF PARDONED CONVICTION TO ATTACK CREDIBILITY OF ACCUSED AS WITNESS

Authors

Bernard A. Petrie S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

To attack the credibility of defendant charged with larceny of an automobile, the prosecution cross-examined him as to a prior conviction based upon unauthorized use of an automobile. Defendant had received a full pardon pursuant to a Presidential proclamation of general amnesty for federal offenders with one year or more of honorable World War II service. On appeal after conviction, held, affirmed, one judge dissenting. A full pardon does not deprive the state of the right to use a prior conviction in attacking the credibility of the accused as witness. Richards v. United States, (D.C. Cir. 1951) 192 F. (2d) 602.

Recommended Citation

Bernard A. Petrie S.Ed., EVIDENCE-EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES-USE OF PARDONED CONVICTION TO ATTACK CREDIBILITY OF ACCUSED AS WITNESS, 50 Mich. L. Rev. 1106 (1952).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol50/iss7/15