McKinnon v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Trial judges are vested with reasonable discretion in determining whether to admit evidence of prior convictions during the sentencing phase. Grenke makes it clear that there is no “bright line” rule to be applied by the trial court during this balancing test. Having reviewed the arguments and evidence before us, we are unable to conclude that the trial judge’s ruling was clearly erroneous or that he abused his discretion in this instance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cochran v. Commonwealth