A plaintiff sued a defendant in federal court for assault and battery. At trial, the court has allowed the plaintiff to introduc
e the deposition testimony of a witness, now deceased, that he was with the plaintiff at the time of the incident. The defendant now seeks to impeach the testimony of the witness with his 13-year-old conviction for burglary (for which he served 18 months in prison) for breaking into the home of a neighbor while she was away and taking some of her valuable jewelry. Required:
Should the court allow evidence of the conviction?
