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- Title: Roland John Parish v. State Alaska
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 18, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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CONNOR, Justice. OPINION Appellant was convicted, after a trial by jury in the district court, of the offense of taking a
motor vehicle without the owner's consent contrary to AS 28.35.010. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in permitting
the prosecution to cross-examine him concerning previous offenses of which he had been convicted, and in failing to instruct
of caution the jury about the purpose for which the previous criminal convictions could be considered. At trial the prosecution's case consisted of the testimony of Sgt. Nearing, of the Fairbanks police department, who found
appellant attempting to start the engine of a vehicle belonging to Jay Hodges. Nearing testified that appellant admitted to
him that he had taken the car. Hodges testified that he had not given appellant permission to use the vehicle at any time.
Appellant took the witness stand in his own defense. He testified that he had been intoxicated, that the car had been lent
to him by three unidentified persons, and that he had no knowledge that the automobile was a stolen one when he drove it.