Certain witnesses not disqualified. Credibility
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 160 W. Va. 497 - State v. McAboy (1977)
Most recently applied in State v. Wickham (August 1990)
(1949 Rev., S. 7868; P.A. 82-160, S. 61.) History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person shall not be disqualified as a witness in any action because of, (1) his interest in the outcome of the action as a party or otherwise, (2) his disbelief in the existence of a supreme being, or (3) his conviction of crime.
(b) A person's interest in the outcome of the action or his conviction of crime may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.