People v. Johnson

I disagree with the holding of the majority insofar sis they would find no reversible error with respect to defendant’s *836argument that he was denied a fair trial when the trial judge permitted the prosecutor to present a rebuttal witness to impeach Jerome Johnson’s testimony on direct examination. The substance of this rebuttal testimony was a statement by the witness that impeached Jerome Johnson’s testimony that he had not seen his brother, defendant, on May 10 or May 12, 1977. Whether Jerome Johnson had seen defendant on either of these two dates was a matter that was entirely collateral to…