Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1987No. 86-141PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The only issue raised by this appeal is whether two questions asked the defendant *700on cross-examination were permissible for purposes of impeachment. One question was whether the defendant had been convicted of a misdemeanor, credit card fraud. The other question related to an arrest for another misdemeanor, disturbing the peace. It was asked (according to the prosecutor) to lay a foundation for showing that the defendant had given a different address to the arresting officer from the one which she had testified to on direct examination. There was no error in asking the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  2. United States v. Tyrone Smith, United States of America v. Anthony E. GartrellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  3. Schmunk v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Story v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Hoskins v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Stephens v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Lancaster v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Dysthe v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Arevalo v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Miller v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1988

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