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People v. Webb

Citations

  • 70 Cal. 120
  • 11 P. 509
  • 1886 Cal. LEXIS 737

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Impeachment of Witness — Cross-examination — Matters Collateral to Issue. — On the trial of a criminal case, where a witness for the defendant, after he had been examined and cross-examined, is recalled by the prosecution for further cross-examination, in order to lay a foundation for his impeachment, the answers of the witness given on his further cross-examination, concerning matters collateral to the issues, are binding on the prosecution, and as to them he cannot be contradicted.</p>

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