Robinson v. State

1. “The credibility of witnesses whose testimony goes to the jury through the medium of dying declarations is subject to the same attack, and should be determined under the same rules governing the testimony of living witnesses who testify upon the stand.” Where, therefore, the State introduces in evidence a dying declaration, and the accused attacks the credibility of the declarant, by proof of general bad character, or in any other way in which the law authorizes the impeachment of witnesses, it is the duty of the court, in response to an appropriate and timely written request, to instruct…