2005 Minnesota Statutes - 595.07 — Convict as witness.

     595.07 Convict as witness.  


    Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent 
 witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, but the conviction 
 may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the 
 testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's 
 cross-examination, upon which the convicted person shall answer 
 any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party 
 cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's 
 answer thereto.  


    HIST: (9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444