54 Ill. App. 2d 111 - Schoolfield v. Witkowski’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 40 state decisions

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1. ““[Wjhen a witness unexpectedly gives testimony against the party calling him, such party has the right to examine him and by such examination to show that the witness is giving unexpected testimony, and to specifically call the attention of the witness to former statements made by him for the purpose of refreshing his memory or awakening his conscience, and to cause him to relent and speak the truth if he was lying. This, however, is as far as the party may go, and under no circumstances may he show, either by the written statement of the witness or by other witnesses, that the witness did, in fact, make those statements.” (Schoolfield v. Witowski (1964), 54 Ill. App. 2d 111, 121-22 , 203 N.E.2d 460 .) “If the witness admitted making the previous statement, it would prove nothing except that he, an admittedly unreliable witness, had said so. If the witness denied making the statement the matter would necessarily end there, because to pursue it further would be trying a collateral issue rather than a fact material under the indictment.” (People v. Grigsby (1934), 357 Ill.141, 149, 191 N.E. 264 .)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 148 Ill. App. 3d 345 - People v. Jones · 35 Ill. App. 3d 306 - People v. Mager