Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/18/1983

Commonwealth v. Bailey

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469 A.2d 604
322 Pa. Super. 249
1983 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4340

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holding that a witness cannot be impeached with his or her prior statements unless such statements are truly inconsistent
holding that a witness cannot be impeached with his or her prior statements unless such statements are truly inconsistent
“trial counsel’s failure to call possible witnesses will not be equated with a conclusion of ineffectiveness of counsel absent some positive demonstration that their testimony would have been helpful to the defense.”
where this Court held that the written report of police officer which was only a summary of the words of the victim and not a verbatim statement could not be used to impeach the victim on cross-examination

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Rowley and Cirillo

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