PEOPLE v. POLLARD

Docket No. 10946.

39 Mich. App. 291 (1972)

197 N.W.2d 546

PEOPLE v. POLLARD

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Thomas P. Smith, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Cornelius Pitts, for defendant on appeal.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and VAN VALKENBURG, JJ.


LEVIN, P.J.

The defendant, Eugene Pollard, appeals his conviction of leaving the scene of a fatal automobile accident. MCLA 257.617; MSA 9.2317.

The assignments of error concern (1) the cross-examination of the defendant — who took the stand in his own defense — concerning his prior conviction record; and (2) the prosecutor's closing arguments.

As a general proposition, the prior conviction record of a witness — including a defendant...

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