WILSON v. STATE

30306.

235 Ga. 470 (1975)

219 S.E.2d 756

WILSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jerry Westbrook, for appellant.


HALL, Justice.

On this appeal from Wilson's conviction of murder and armed robbery, the foremost issue is whether the trial court erred in allowing the district attorney to impeach his own witness Pickall by introducing Pickall's prior inconsistent statement, when Pickall's testimony had not damaged the state's case save by failing to bolster it as hoped. We find that there is a conflict in the applicable Georgia cases interpreting the controlling statute, Code Ann...

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