People v. Drew

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I concur in all of parts I and II of Judge Kelly’s opinion for the Court. I also concur in so much of part III of Judge Kelly’s opinion as holds that there was no abuse of the trial court’s discretion in permitting the prosecutor to impeach the defendant with his prior convictions. I must dissent, however, from the majority’s holding in part III that reversible error occurred when defense counsel inquired of the defendant on direct examination as to the length of time that he had spent in prison.

The rule that a defendant may not…