Last month the Court of Appeals decided two criminal cases involving Sandoval rulings on the extent to which prior convictions could be used to impeach an accused exercising his right to testify and indicated that trial courts will be granted wide latitude in determining the scope of such cross-examination. It also dealt with the application of the doctrine of preclusion based on the public policy of denying recovery to those injured in the course of committing illegal acts.
‘Sandoval’: Wide Discretion
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