UNITED STATES v. PIERRE

No. 561, Docket 85-1252.

781 F.2d 329 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michel PIERRE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. O'Brien, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Gordon Mehler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., Mary McGowan Davis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, on brief), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, TIMBERS, and NEWMAN,


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges the use of a prior consistent statement to rehabilitate the credibility of a witness. Specifically, the issue is whether the consistent statement of a witness may be used to meet the impeaching force of the witness's prior inconsistent statement; the latter statement is alleged to be inconsistent with the witness's trial testimony because a key point in the testimony was not included. The issue arises on an appeal...

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