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Witness Impeached With Attorney’s Statements.

“The Supreme Court properly permitted the People to impeach the testimony of a defense witness with a statement made by that witness’s former counsel at a plea proceeding… .The statement, which differed from the witness’s trial testimony, reasonably appeared to be attributable to the witness … “.  People vs Davis, 2010-11219, Ind. No. 921/09 Second Dept. 2-20-13

 

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