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CLIFTON v. STATE

No. S-1945.

751 P.2d 27 (1988)

Kenneth Wayne CLIFTON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sen K. Tan, Asst. Public Defender, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Nancy R. Simel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Kenneth Clifton was convicted of murder in the first degree, AS 11.41.100(a)(1), and misconduct involving weapons in the third degree, AS 11.61.220(a)(1). On appeal, Clifton argues that the trial court allowed the prosecution to impeach a key defense witness with prior convictions obtained more than five years before the trial, in violation of Evidence Rule 609. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction. Clifton v. State,

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