Wofford v. State

Banke, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated assault and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years. Among others, he enumerates as error the trial court’s action in allowing the attorney for the state to attempt to impeach three of its own witnesses. Each witness was confronted with prior statements which were either contradictory in themselves or inconsistent with testimony given by the witness at trial. Held:

1. Code Ann. § 38-1801 (Ga. L. 1890-1891, p. 78; 1945, p. 227; 1947, p. 568) provides that a party may impeach his own witness only upon a showing that he has…