KLEIN, J.
Appellant was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon; however, the trial court erred in limiting his impeachment of a witness, and we reverse for a new trial.
The witness, who had participated in the crime and entered a plea, testified against the defendant. The subject of the impeachment was that, when the witness was eighteen, he had been convicted of having sex with a sixteen year old, in another state, where it was a misdemeanor. Defendant...
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