Opinion ID: 2123768
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Heading: Date and subsequent history

Text: The possession of a firearm conviction occurred in 1990, while the aggravated robbery and attempted murder convictions occurred in 1981. Technically, because all of these convictions occurred within ten years of the instant prosecution, none were stale under Rule 609(b). Further, appellant was in prison from the time of his 1981 convictions until June 1989. Consequently, no favorable inference for appellant can be drawn as to the length of time between the earlier convictions and this one. In State v. Bettin, 295 N.W.2d at 546, we held that where the defendant's prior conviction occurred four years before and the defendant was in prison during the time between the two offenses, it would seem that the prior offense had not lost any relevance by the passage of time. Id.