People v. Johnson

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P.J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree contrary to MCL 750.520d(l)(b); MSA 28.788(4)(l)(b). Thereafter sentenced to a prison term of 3 to 22-1/2 years, defendant appeals as of right.

First, defendant claims that the trial court erred in ruling that evidence of defendant’s prior conviction for uttering and publishing was admissible for purposes of impeachment. More specifically, defendant contends that the trial court misinterpreted the ten-year time limitation set forth in MRE 609(b). On June 1, 1970, defendant was sentenced to…