Case ID: ohio-law-abs_1/html/0080-04.html
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Author: {"author": "WANAMAKER, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 17566
    Clyde Harper v. The State of Ohio.
    Error to the court of appeals of Allen county.
    CRIMINAL LAW — (1) Cross examination of defendant as to forming convictions — (2) Not competent as to ordinances — (3) If denied, record of conviction competent in rebuttal — (4)—Not to be impeached by defendant — (5) Not merely collateral to inquiry.
   WANAMAKER, J.:

1. Under Section 13659, General Code, the defendant in a criminal prosecution may be cross-examined as to his conviction of crime under state or federal laws.

2. His conviction under a city ordinance is not competent. (Coble v. State, 31 Ohio St., 100, approved and followed.)