PEOPLE v. FINLEY

Docket No. 81221, (Calendar No. 10).

431 Mich. 506 (1988)

431 N.W.2d 19

PEOPLE v. FINLEY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Jeffrey Caminsky, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek) for the defendant.


RILEY, C.J.

The issues in this case are whether we should require a defendant to testify at trial to preserve for review the issue of improper impeachment by prior convictions, and, if so, whether such a requirement should have prospective application only.

We find that the rationale underlying the above rule is sound, and hold that today's decision will apply in any case tried after the release date of this opinion. We further hold that, in cases now pending...

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