Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
At trial, the prosecution elicited testimony from its own witness that shortly after the crime in question he gave two audiotaped statements to the police. In the first he denied seeing the defendant stab the victim. In the second he claimed to have seen the defendant stab the victim. This second statement was consistent with his testimony at trial.
The trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to introduce...
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