State v. Jarrett Parker (068966)

Judge RODRÍGUEZ

(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

N.J.R.E. 405(a) and 608 strictly prohibit the introduction of specific instances of misconduct that were not the subject of a criminal conviction for the sole purpose of impeaching a witness’ credibility. In this criminal appeal, the conviction is challenged on the grounds that, over defendant’s objection, the judge permitted the State to introduce evidence that defendant used false names, pseudonyms, or aliases when arrested for prior offenses. Although these prior offenses ended in convictions, defendant was never…