Kyles v. Klein

approving the Murray decision on this issue and noting such a rule "encourage[s] counsel to make the motion early in order to obtain pretrial rulings" | approving the Murray decision on this issue and noting such a rule “encourage[s] counsel to make the motion early in order to obtain pretrial rulings” | to preserve issue on appeal, defendant must establish that he would take stand in absence of challenged ruling | "In Shorter ... [w]e held that by telling [the jury] about his former convictions [defendant] waived his opportunity to object to them and thus did not preserve the issue for appeal.” | prior convictions, several opinions discussing question