State v. Jarrett

Larrow, J. (Ret.),

Specially Assigned. Defendant appeals a conviction, after jury trial, for breaking and entering in the daytime. 13 Y.S.A. § 1201. We reverse and remand.

Defendant raises on appeal three claims of error. Our disposition of his first claim makes consideration of the others unnecessary. That claim relates to the action of the trial court on his motions, made in limine and at the close of the State’s evidence, to exclude the use of prior convictions to impeach his credibility should he take the stand. Some prior convictions were indeed held inadmissible, as not involving moral…