United States v. Cedric L. Roulette

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• “[U]nder [Rule] 613 (b) a witness may not be impeached on a collateral matter by use of extrinsic evidence of prior inconsistent statements.”
• “Contradiction of a witness by prior inconsistent statements may be shown only on a matter material to the substantive issues of the trial”
• “A prior inconsistent statement contains collateral matter and is therefore inadmissible if the facts referred to in the statement could not be shown in evidence for any purpose independent of the contradiction.”
• \A prior inconsistent statement contains collateral matter and is therefore inadmissible if the facts referred to in the statement could not be shown in evidence for any purpose independent of the contradiction.\
• testimony of Touch of Class employee

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