RUSSELL, Justice.
In this appeal we again consider the right of a cross-examiner, impeaching the credibility of a witness by proof of prior conviction of a felony, to elicit the name of the felony upon which he relies. Finding that the trial court erred in denying the cross-examiner this right, we reverse.
The defendant, Harold Vann Johnson, Jr., was tried by a jury and convicted of statutory burglary. The Commonwealth proved that the office of a veterinarian...
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