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Professor Colin Miller uses an Alabama case to remind us that a prior misdemeanor conviction is not admissible under Rule 609(a). Under this Rule, then, it is clear that a party cannot impeach a witness through evidence that the witness has a prior misdemeanor conviction for a crime not involving…

That is the headline from the Navy Times: A judge has sentenced a former university student to join the military for a post he made on Facebook that led to a lockdown at Faulkner University here. Zachary Lambert, 23, agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge of harassing communications…