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inlawrev-2881	Voigtmann, Mark	The Short History of a Rule of Evidence That Failed (Federal Rule of Evidence 609, Green v. Bock Laundry Machine Co. and the New Amendment)	1990	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9932	579	65	609 931 reasoned that even if the **to the defendant'' balancing language of Rule 609(a)(1) did not apply to a civil plaintiff, the residual and less protective filter of Rule 403 intervenes.^^ See, e.g., Smith, Impeaching the Merits: Rule 609(a)(1) and Civil Plaintiffs, 13 N. Ky. L. Rev. 441, 447-52 (1987) {Diggs legislative analysis does not support its interpretation); Note, Evidence - Diggs v. Lyons: The Use of Prior Criminal Convictions to Impeach Credibility in Civil Actions Under Rule 609(a), 60 Tul.	cache/inlawrev-2881.pdf	txt/inlawrev-2881.txt