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STATE v. OUTLAW

No. 324A89.

390 S.E.2d 336 (1990)

326 N.C. 467

STATE of North Carolina v. Raymond Lee OUTLAW.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Henry T. Rosser, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

M. Braxton Gilliam III, Windsor, for defendant-appellant.

WEBB, Justice.

The question posed by this appeal is whether a defendant may be impeached by requiring him to answer a question as to whether he has been convicted of another crime when his plea of no contest to such a crime has been accepted. N.C.G.S. § 8C-1, Rule 609(a) provides:

For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he has been convicted of a crime punishable by more than 60 days confinement shall be admitted if elicited...

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