State v. Young

Hamilton, J.*

Defendant appeals from a conviction on a rape charge, after a trial October 6, 1975, and conviction on a robbery charge after a trial October 15, 1975. He makes two assignments of error: first, that the trial court erred in allowing the State to cross-examine appellant as to the nature of prior felony and misdemeanor convictions admitted to on his direct testimony; and second, that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the pending charges for violation of CrR 3.3 (c).

The use of prior convictions for the purpose of im*839peaching the credibility of a criminal defendant is…