Court Opinion

ID: 9549199
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:14:50.306333+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:19:59.209948
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BISTLINE, Justice,
concurring in the dissent of SHEPARD, Justice.
The majority opinion disposes of a highly critical issue in this casual manner:
“The defendant testified that he thought Tolley was raising up with this gun; however, there was evidence from which the jury could have found that Tolley dropped his gun before entering the truck.”
The majority, however, does not expose the nature of the evidence relied upon for the quoted statement, unless it be that the impeaching testimony admitted in an effort to discredit Mrs. Carter’s testimony is thought to have effect as substantive evidence in the case, a proposition of law of even more doubtful validity than the “discretionary” ruling which allowed the prosecution to recall her for the sole purpose of laying a foundation prerequisite to attempting an impeachment as to her credibility.
The shortcoming of the majority opinion leads to no alternative but to concur in the views of Justice Shepard.