State v. McCrimmon

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that he was “deprived of his right to confrontation and to a fair trial by the exclusion of evidence offered to impeach and rebut the evidence offered by the State as to the alleged victim’s general good character.” The thrust of defendant’s contention is that because Henry McCloud stated at trial that he thought the victim was a “nice person” and detective Arthur Summey stated that McCloud had voiced a similar opinion during a recorded statement given to the police on 14 May 1986, certain portions of that recorded statement concerning the victim’s prior…