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595.07 CONVICT AS WITNESS.
Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent witness in any civil or criminal
proceeding, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the
testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's cross-examination, upon which
the convicted person shall answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party
cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's answer thereto.
History: (9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444
Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent witness in any civil or criminal
proceeding, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the
testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's cross-examination, upon which
the convicted person shall answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party
cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's answer thereto.
History: (9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444
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