KAVANAGH, J.
This case concerns the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's criminal record as a basis for expert opinion on the defendant's sanity.
We hold that such evidence is admissible subject to the trial court's discretion.
James Robinson, Jr., was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct. MCL 750.520c(1)(a); MSA 28.788(3)(1)(a). At the jury trial, the defendant entered a defense of not guilty by reason of insanity. Dr. William...
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