Holcomb v. State

In my opinion a reversible error was committed when the trial court permitted the State to introduce evidence calculated to impeach the defendant, when such evidence is not admissible in accordance with § 28-707, Ark. Stats., which is as follows:

“Impeachment of witness of opposite party. — A witness may be impeached by the party against whom he is produced, by contradictory evidence by showing that he has made statements different from his present testimony, or by evidence that his general reputation for truth or morality render him unworthy of belief, but not by evidence of particular…