When a conviction is offered for impeachment and the conviction is not for a crime that involves dishonesty or false statement, the conviction may be used to impeach a witness only if the authorized sentence for that conviction is death or imprisonment for more than one year.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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