Elkins v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

In regard to the impeachment of the prosecuting witness, the court thus instructed the jury: “A witness may be impeached by showing that she has made other and different statements out of court or upon a former judicial investigation of the facts, from those made before you on the trial. Such impeaching evidence is to be considered by you for what you may think it worth for the sole purpose of enabling you to judge of the weight to be given the testimony of the witness so impeached.” The prosecutrix was contradicted by several witnesses in regard to her testimony on…