Carter v. State

Under the ruling of this court in Luke v. Cannon, 4 Ga. App. 538 (62 S. E. 110), a party voluntarily introducing a witness can not impeach him by proof of previous contradictory statements, even where he claims to have been surprised and entrapped by the witness, unless such statements were made directly to the party or his attorney. It follows, in a criminal case, that the State’s counsel can not impeach a witness for the State by proof of previous contradictory statements, even where he claims to have been surprised and entrapped by the witness, unless such statements were made directly to…