Shifflett v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of aggravated sexual battery. Defendant appealed, asserting that the circuit court erred when it allowed the Commonwealth to cross-examine him about whether a prior felony conviction involved lying, cheating or stealing. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, concluding that even if the testimony was erroneously admitted, the error was harmless. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, assuming, without deciding, that the circuit court erred when it allowed the Commonwealth to ask Defendant whether one of his felony convictions involved lying, cheating or stealing, Defendant received a fair trial because the alleged error, at most, had only a slight effect on the jury.
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