BENHAM v. PLOTNER

No. 66645.

795 P.2d 510 (1990)

Janice Rae BENHAM, Appellee, v. Ralph Edward PLOTNER, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda G. Alexander, Kenneth D. Upton, Jr., Niemeyer, Noland & Alexander, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Larry D. Barnett, Barry R. Davis, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


KAUGER, Justice.

The query presented on certiorari is whether a criminal conviction pending on appeal may be admitted into evidence as conclusive proof of allegations made in a subsequent civil trial based upon the same material facts. We find that it cannot. Although the criminal conviction may be admitted before the appeal is decided, the defendant is entitled to present rebutting evidence. The weight and effect to be given...

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