Does possession of heroin for sale constitute dishonesty or false statement?

13 We note that possession of heroin for sale was the precise felony involved in People v. Spearman, supra. The inquiry there was whether the crime involved dishonesty. The majority's answer was in the negative. The question here is, of course, somewhat broader: does possession of heroin for sale necessarily evince any character trait which can reasonably be characterized as "immoral."

1 The new statute, which is set forth in an appendix to the court's opinion in Dixon v. United States (D.C.1972) 287 A.2d 89, certiorari denied, 407 U.S. 926, 92 S.Ct. 2474, 32 L.Ed.2d 813, provided for admission into evidence of any criminal offense which "(A) was punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year under the law under which [the defendant] was convicted, or (B) involved dishonesty or false statement (regardless of punishment)...." (Id., at p. 100.) Exceptions were made for a conviction more than 10 years old, and convictions which had been the subject of pardon, annulment, or certificate of rehabilitation.