Opinion ID: 1685556
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Unavailability of Robin Weaver.

Text: ¶ 41. The chancellor found that Peggy was prejudiced because of the unavailability of long-time family attorney Robin Weaver. Jennings contends that Weaver could not testify as to any relevant issue in this case because Weaver had no involvement in drafting the deed. Peggy asserts that Weaver could have impeached Jennings's testimony regarding Jennings's alleged alteration of a separate deed in an unrelated transaction in Sunflower County that did not involve Peggy or Louise. [14] ¶ 42. Under Rule 608(b) of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, Robin Weaver could not have testified about the Sunflower property deed. Such testimony would be an effort to prove specific instances of conduct through extrinsic evidence in order to impeach Jennings. Therefore, we find that the unavailability of Robin Weaver could not have prejudiced Peggy.