Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"`To affect the general credit of the witness the contradictory statements must relate to matter which is material to the issue on trial and not to those incidental or collateral facts which are remote in their application to the offense on trial and which would improperly extend the issues or involve the trial of other offenses which have no legitimate bearing on the particular offense under investigation.' "`But there is an exception to this rule, that if it has relation to the credibility of the witness in the particular case it is admissible, although it be in respect to collateral or immaterial matter.' "Noble v. State, 253 Ala. 519 , 521-22 , 45 So.2d 857 , 859 (1950) (emphasis in the original)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 767 So. 2d 1123 - Ballards v. State