State v. Rivera

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions and held that the trial court properly limited cross-examination of the state’s key witness concerning the underlying facts of his prior larceny and breach of the peace convictions. The excluded evidence was not sufficiently probative of untruthfulness, motive, intent, interest, or a common scheme, and the defendant failed to establish that its exclusion violated his confrontation or defense-presentment rights.