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STATE v. HARKINS

177 N.J. Super. 397 (1981)

426 A.2d 1053

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. MANUS HARKINS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Richard M. Flexner, designated attorney, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Wayne J. Martorelli, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges BOTTER, KING and McELROY.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BOTTER, P.J.A.D.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the rule of State v. Sands, 76 N.J. 127 (1978), that a trial judge has discretion to exclude evidence of prior convictions offered to impeach the credibility of a defendant, applies only to criminal defendants who testify or to other witnesses as well. The only related reported...

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