Excerpt from United States v. Collier, 527 F.3d 695 (8th Cir. 2008)

This case excerpt (1) illustrates the judge’s inability to exercise 403 discretion over the admission of a Rule 609(a)(2) conviction; (2) provides helpful reminders about the standard of review, definitive rulings, and the scope of cross, and (3) illustrates the principle that evidence can be not-admissible for one purpose but admissible for another.

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