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UNITED STATES v. COATS

No. 80-1670.

652 F.2d 1002 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Rodney COATS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Sylvia Royce and Michael S. Pasano, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

John E. Lappin, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the use made at trial of appellant's prior conviction for a crime of "dishonesty or false statement." When a defendant takes the stand and testifies on his own behalf, such a conviction, introduced on request of the prosecutor, inevitably occasions

two inferences, one permissible and the other impermissible .... The fact that

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