Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

impeached statement

At a trial, when you try to get a statement impeached, does the entire statement get impeached, portions of it, or does it depend? Also, can the depo be impeached?


Asked on 12/04/08, 9:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Leland Garvin Garvin Law Firm

Re: impeached statement

Realistically it's the witness who is impeached.

They (or their statement) can be impeached a variety of ways, the most common is with a prior inconsistent statement, such as a depo.

as to the amount of what is impeached depends on how much they say when they take the stand.

You cannot impeach something that already happened like the depo; you impeach the person with the depo.

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Answered on 12/04/08, 9:47 pm


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