State v. Fallin

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

In an unpublished decision, the court of appeals affirmed the defendant’s conviction of and sentence for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree and two counts of use of minors in sexual performances. Defendant raised three issues in the court of appeals. We granted his petition for review for the limited purpose of addressing one of these issues: the prosecutor’s surprise cross-examination of defendant about specific uncharged conduct on his part for the purpose of impeaching his credibility as a witness in his own defense. The court of appeals, upholding the…