Supreme Court of Missouri· 3/21/2000

State v. Wolfe

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13 S.W.3d 248
2000 WL 199271

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“[I]mpeaching testimony should be confined to the real and ultimate object of the inquiry, which is the reputation of the witness for truth and veracity.... In other words, specific acts of misconduct, without proof of bias or relevance, are collateral, with no probative value.”
victim’s fabrication of kidnap story 10 years earlier properly excluded as collateral to trial issues and too remote in time
abrogated in part on other grounds by Mitchell v. Kardesch, 313 S.W.3d 667, 678-679 (Mo.banc 2010)
abrogated in part on other grounds by Mitchell v. Kardesch, 313 S.W.3d 667, 678-679 (Mo. banc 2010)
“In sum, the affidavit was never subject to cross-examination. There was no opportunity to examine the statement for credibility. The court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the affidavit.”
“Defense counsel told the judge that she had been trying to contact the [absent witness], but no one had seen her in weeks” and “[t]he State replied [to the motion for continuance] that it also could not find the [absent witness].”

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Judges: Duane Benton

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