STATE v. CALEGAR

No. 64948-1.

947 P.2d 235 (1997)

133 Wash.2d 718

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Michael Dennis CALEGAR, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington. En Banc.

Decided November 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen, Broman & Associates, P.L.L.C., by Eric Broman, Eric Nielsen, Seattle, Douglas J. Ende, Andrew L. Subin & Neal J. Philip, of Ende, Subin & Philip, Vashon, for Petitioner.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Deborah A. Dwyer, Lee D. Yates, Cynthia Gannett, Theresa L. Fricke, Deputy King County Prosecutors, for Respondent.


DOLLIVER, Justice.

Michael Calegar argues that a prior conviction for possession of a controlled substance was inadmissible to impeach his testimony in his trial for obtaining a controlled substance by means of a forged prescription.

On October 22, 1993, Calegar went to the emergency room at Valley Medical Center for an eye injury sustained in his job as a welder. The examining physician, Dr. Larry Kedig, wrote Calegar three prescriptions in black ink, including...

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