State v. Housand

JOHNSON, Judge.

The court admitted into evidence a prior written statement of State’s witness Hewett for the purpose of corroborating Hewett’s trial testimony. Defendant assigns error, contending that the prior written statement was inconsistent with Hewett’s trial testimony, and by its admission the State was allowed to impeach its own witness.

In a handwritten statement given to law enforcement officers, Hewett said, among other things, that defendant pointed the gun at Huffman; that she watched him put his finger on the trigger and “squeeze it slow”; and that she looked at Huffman and the…