State v. Medley

HUSKINS, Justice.

After Willie James Meaders and Glossie Lee Carter had testified for the State, a prior statement made by each was admitted, over objection, for corroborative purposes. Defendant contends these prior statements do not corroborate the testimony of the witnesses and points to certain variances between the testimony and the prior statement of each witness. Admission of the statements for corroborative purposes constitutes defendant’s first assignment of error.

The admissibility of a prior consistent statement of a witness to corroborate his testimony is a long established rule of…