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D was charged with burglarizing a National Guard Armory and attempting to steal weapons from that armory. He was also charged with soliciting the murder of Ray Seeley who was seeing his former wife. He took the stand to testify at trial. On cross, State (P) questioned D about unrelated charges. D was asked by the prosecuting attorney about previous criminal convictions and previous misconduct. The trial judge permitted some of the questions over the objections of D.

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