People v. Moseley

Defendant appeals by right from his jury trial conviction for larceny of property with a value in excess of $100. MCL 750.356; MSA 28.588. The only issue raised concerns the prosecution’s use of defendant’s prior convictions to impeach his trial testimony.

Before defendant took the stand, the prosecutor announced his intention to show three prior larceny convictions for impeachment purposes. Defense counsel argued that to allow impeachment by evidence of convictions for the same crime for which defendant was on trial would be more prejudicial than probative. Defendant’s view was that it would…