Opinion ID: 885231
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Bull Coming's Criminal History

Text: ¶ 29 Petitioner also contends that the State violated Brady by not providing his attorney with Bull Coming's criminal history. The State argues that Bull Coming's criminal history has no impeachment value because it was inadmissible. ¶ 30 Bull Coming's criminal history has some impeachment value. Aspects of Bull Coming's criminal history, such as her conviction for forgery, might have been admissible as probative of her character for truthfulness or untruthfulness. See State v. Maier, 1999 MT 51, ¶ 55, 293 Mont. 403, ¶ 55, 977 P.2d 298, ¶ 55 (holding that circumstances surrounding a witness's previous forgery conviction were admissible pursuant to Rule 608(b), M.R.Evid.). Although Bull Coming's criminal history may have some favorable impeachment value, it has no exculpatory value. We do not believe that Bull Coming's criminal history could be used to disprove that Petitioner participated in the events that led to Etchemendy's kidnaping, robbery, and death.