State v. Dunn

BARDGETT, Judge.

Defendant appealed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, from his conviction of stealing a motor vehicle and the resultant five-year sentence. The court of appeals by opinion transferred the case here for the purpose of reexamining the law with reference to the propriety of asking a defendant on cross-examination whether he has committed a particular crime as contrasted to whether he has been convicted of a particular crime. The court of appeals opinion is reported in State v. Dunn, 561 S.W.2d 694 (Mo.App.1978), 1 and will be utilized in part in this opinion.

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