172 N.C. App. 249 - State v. Locklear’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
May 2017
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Negron v. United States · State v. Odom · State v. Powell · State v. Fritsch · State of Arizona v. State of California
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“Corroboration is the process of persuading the trier of the facts that a witness is credible. We have defined "corroborate" as "to strengthen; to add weight or credibility to a thing by additional and confirming acts or evidence." Prior consistent statements of a witness are admissible as corroborative evidence even when the witness has not been impeached. However, the prior statement must in fact corroborate the witness' testimony. In order to be corroborative and therefore properly admissible, the prior statement of the witness need not merely relate to specific facts brought out in the witness's testimony at trial, so long as the prior statement in fact tends to add weight or credibility to such testimony. Our prior statements are disapproved to the extent that they indicate that additional or "new" information, contained in the witness's prior statement but not referred to in his trial testimony, may never be admitted as corroborative evidence. However, the witness's prior statements as to facts not referred to in his trial testimony and not tending to add weight or credibility to it are not admissible as corroborative evidence. Additionally, the witness's prior contradictory statements may not be admitted under the guise of corroborating his testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The jury could not be allowed to consider this evidence for any other purpose [but corroboration], however, and whether it in fact corroborated the [Detective]'s testimony was, of course, a jury question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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