{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Voices at Temple","provider_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices","title":"The Prior Statement: If It Isn\u2019t Signed, Is It Impeachment Material? - Voices at Temple","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2WAR1KZqMu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/prior-statement-isnt-signed-impeachment-material\/\">The Prior Statement: If It Isn\u2019t Signed, Is It Impeachment Material?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/prior-statement-isnt-signed-impeachment-material\/embed\/#?secret=2WAR1KZqMu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Prior Statement: If It Isn\u2019t Signed, Is It Impeachment Material?&#8221; &#8212; Voices at Temple\" data-secret=\"2WAR1KZqMu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prior-Statement.png","thumbnail_width":840,"thumbnail_height":560,"description":"How should judges approach a case where a testifying witness is going to be impeached, but the impeaching document was not created or adopted by the witness?\u00a0 What is the rule when the impeaching lawyer has a report by person \u201cB\u201d that avers what testifying witness \u201cA\u201d allegedly said?\u00a0 The rule, as is developed below, should be to allow the impeachment if the examiner has a good faith reason to believe the statement was made. The impeachment of a witness with her\/his own words, showing a change of story that establishes poor memory, unreliability, or outright mendacity, creates excitement in the courtroom.\u00a0\u00a0 As explained by Wigmore, \u201cthe purpose is to induce the tribunal to discard the one statement because the witness had also made another statement which cannot at the same time be true.\u201d\u00a0 3A Wigmore, Evidence \u00a7 1040 at 1048 (Chadbourn rev. 1970).\u00a0 See also, United States v. Damatta-Olivera, 37 M.J. 474, 477-478 (C.M.A. 1993).\u00a0 A Pennsylvania case put it more eloquently: The question of credibility sometimes depends on the slightest inclination of the &hellip;"}