People v. Jackson

Williams, J.

(concurring). My Brother Levin’s opinion is the right word at the right time, and I sign it without qualification.

Looking ahead with my Brothers T. G. Kavanagh, Swainson and Levin, I must agree that with the exception of conviction for perjury or some like crime there is neither logic nor warrant to introduce a defendant’s or a witness’s past conviction record for the purpose of impeaching his credibility, whatever other reason there may be for such admission.