State v. Noble

CAMERON, Justice.

We granted defendant’s petition for review of a memorandum decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One, Department B, in order to consider two questions. We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-120.24 and Rule 31.19, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S.

1. Did the defendant, by admitting on direct examination to two prior convictions, waive the right to question on appeal the trial court’s ruling denying his pretrial motion to exclude the prior convictions?

2. Did the trial court err in finding that the probative value of the prior convictions outweighed their…