Court Opinion

ID: 9848792
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:27:21.819673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:46.433295
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Smith, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons set out in my dissent in Cuzzort v. State, 254 Ga. 745 (334 SE2d 661) (1985). The only difference is that this case is worse if possible. No one has challenged the witness’ sworn testimony as being contradictory to the statement he gave to the police. Under this logic if a witness gives a statement to ten different police officers and none of the statements contradict each other or his sworn testimony, then a party may read the ten different statements to prove that the witness told the truth on the witness stand.