Opinion ID: 1838104
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Heading: It is to us self-evident the relatively unlimited cross-examination of a witness as to prior felony convictions, more particularly an accused, is fraught with inequities.

Text: Fortunately any therapeutic action does not entail a new and conjectural undertaking. See generally Bordon v. United States, supra; Ashton v. Anderson, 279 N.E.2d 210, 211-217 (Ind.1972); McIntosh v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, 432 Pa. 123, 247 A.2d 467, 468-469 (1968); Rule 21, Uniform Rules of Evidence (1953); Rule 106, American Law Institute Model Code of Evidence (1942); M. Ladd, Credibility TestsCurrent Trends, 89 U. Pa.L.Rev. 166, 174-191 (1940).