Court Opinion

ID: 9633203
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 11:38:05.662373+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:30.629919
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HATHAWAY, Chief Judge
(specially concurring).
Because of the majority’s observations concerning the admission of evidence of a prior felony conviction, I concur specially. I agree with the result and the ratio deci-dendi therefor.
It is my view that the trial court is not strait-jacketed on the question of the admission of evidence of a prior felony conviction, but indeed has discretion with reference to its reflection upon one’s credibility. In considering the prior conviction’s usefulness for the purpose offered, its remoteness, State v. King, 110 Ariz. 361, 514 P.2d 1032 (filed October 9, 1973), and the nature of the prior offense are to be taken into account. State v. Ross, 107 Ariz. 240, 485 P.2d 810 (1971). It further strikes me as inappropriate to criticize an asserted rule when the case has been reversed on another point. The commentary is sheer gratis dictum on a question that has become moot.