Legal Opinion
Leaf v. Beihoffer
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided September 11, 2014No. Court of Appeals No. 13CA0832PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE J. JONES
€ 1 In this negligence action, plaintiff, Michael Leaf, appeals the district court's judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Peter Beihoffer. We affirm.
2 One of the issues Mr. Leaf presents for review is one of first impression in Colorado: whether evidence of a witness's failure to file income tax returns for several years is probative of the witness's character for truthfulness and therefore admissible under CRE 608(b) to impeach the witness's credibility. We hold that it is. Accordingly, we reject Mr. Leafs challenge to the district court's ruling…
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