Gustafson v. State

I would adhere to the views expressed in Cox v. State, 264 Ark. 608, 573 S.W. 2d 906 (1978), which is overruled today. The majority’s view meets the prophecy of Weinstein when he wrote: ‘ ‘ Such an approach paves the way to an exception which will swallow the rule.” Rule 608(b) was not meant to include every act of dishonesty but only those going to the veracity of the witness.