250 N.C. App. 158 - State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[T]he mere fact that a corroborative statement contains additional facts not included in the statement that is being corroborated does not render the corroborative statement inadmissible: "In order to be admissible as corroborative evidence, a witness' prior consistent statements merely must tend to add weight or credibility to the witness' 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." Moreover, "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." State v. Walters , 357 N.C. 68 , 88-89, 588 S.E.2d 344 , 356-57 (2003) (quoting State v. Farmer , 333 N.C. 172 , 192, 424 S.E.2d 120 , 131 (1993), and State v. Martin , 309 N.C. 465 , 476, 308 S.E.2d 277 , 284 (1983) ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Oglesby

2. “'When a defendant objects to the admission of evidence, we consider, whether the evidence was admissible as a matter of law, and if so, whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the evidence.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 266 - State v. Jones

3. “the challenged statements me[t] the requirements for admission as corroborative evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Oglesby