Judgment affirmed.
In our opinion, the extensive questioning of a witness with respect to his Grand Jury testimony and with respect to his practically identical, unsigned, unsworn, pretrial question and answer statement to an Assistant District Attorney, went beyond refreshment of the witness' recollection and became impeachment; and such use of the question and answer statement was improper (cf. People v. Freeman,
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