Opinion ID: 1704551
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Impeachment of Barbara Perkins

Text: Sireci also alleges that the State withheld evidence that, contrary to Perkins' testimony at the resentencing that Sireci stole only $30 from a convenience store several days before the Poteet murder, he in fact stole $400, cigarettes, and wine. This contradiction, he argues, shows that her testimony lacked credibility. First, we clarify that Perkins did not testify that Sireci took $30 from the convenience store. Her testimony at the resentencing was that it seemed like a lot, about fifty or sixty, or more. Second, and of greater importance, even assuming that this evidence would have been used to impeach Perkins, we cannot logically conclude that showing a lack of credibility in her testimony at the resentencing on an entirely unrelated crime can undermine confidence in the verdict of guilt entered at his trial for Mr. Poteet's murder.