159 N.C. App. 151 - State v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2014
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Smith · State v. Earnhardt · State v. Call · State v. Lloyd · State v. Williams
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“[corroborative testimony is testimony which tends to strengthen, confirm, or make more certain the testimony of another witness. In order to be admissible as corroborative evidence, a witness’ [J prior consistent statements merely must tend to add weight or credibility to the witness’s testimony. Further, it is well established that such corroborative evidence may contain new or additional facts when it tends to strengthen and add credibility to the testimony which it corroborates. If the previous statements are generally consistent with the witness’ testimony, slight variations will not render the statements inadmissible, but such variations ... affect [only] the credibility of the statement. A trial court has wide latitude in deciding when a prior consistent statement can be admitted for corroborative, nonhearsay purposes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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