LEWIS v. AMERICAN ROAD INS. CO.

43831.

119 Ga. App. 507 (1969)

167 S.E.2d 729

LEWIS v. AMERICAN ROAD INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert & Carter, Fred A. Gilbert, Warren S. Gritzmacher, for appellant.

Morton P. Levine, for appellee.


BELL, Presiding Judge.

1. The record is not clear as to whether Curtis' confession was introduced and considered specially for impeachment purposes or generally as an admission against interest.

A party may not impeach his own witness except where he can show to the court that he has been entrapped by the witness by a previous contradictory statement. Code Ann. § 38-1801. We do not think defendant's counsel here made a sufficient showing of entrapment...

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