Court Opinion

ID: 9644402
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:55:00.761109+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:50.243208
License: Public Domain

ROBERTS, Justice,
dissenting.
“A determination under [Commonwealth v. Bighum, 452 Pa. 554, 307 A.2d 255 (1973)] that an offense does not ‘involve dishonesty or false statement’ requires its absolute exclusion as a basis for impeachment.” Commonwealth v. Roots, 482 Pa. 33, 38-39 n. 3, 393 A.2d 364, 366 n. 3 (1978). Even though nothing on this record indicates that appellant’s previous larceny conviction involved dishonesty or false statement, the majority finds nothing improper in the introduction of this prior conviction. I dissent.