WARNER, C.J.
The appellant was convicted of aggravated battery after a trial during which the prosecutor called two of appellant's friends as witnesses for the sole purpose of impeaching their testimony in front of the jury with prior inconsistent statements and inadmissible bad character evidence. We hold that this was an impermissible use of impeachment, and reverse.
This incident resulted from a confrontation between the appellant and the victim in the...
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