Court Opinion

ID: 9663755
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:50:01.708263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:56.196187
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Lesinski, C. J.
(dissenting). I would affirm defendant’s conviction. The basis for reversal raised by Judge Targonski is raised sua sponte on the ground that reversal is required to avoid a miscarriage of justice. I find no miscarriage of justice. The record in this case is replete with evidence that is clear, convincing, and sufficient to sustain the conviction.
*710Likewise, I dissent from the grounds for reversal stated by Judge Bronson. The error he finds sufficient for reversal was properly preserved for appellate review. While I agree it is error for a trial court to fail to exercise its sound discretion as to the admissibility into evidence of prior misdemeanor convictions without regard to the relevance, probative value, and prejudicial effect of the proffered misdemeanor convictions, I find the error on the record in this case to be harmless error. The combination of the error raised sua sponte and the error properly preserved does not provide sufficient grounds for reversal of the conviction.
I vote to affirm.