Mr. Justice Stewart, concurring. The Court holds that, in the circumstances of this case, the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments conferred the right to cross-examine a particular prosecution witness about his delinquency adjudication for burglary and his status as a probationer. Such cross-examination was necessary in this case in order “to show the existence of possible bias and prejudice ...,” ante,…
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