K.P. v. State

We reverse appellant’s conviction for disorderly conduct because the trial court’s incorrect evidentiary rulings prevented appellant from introducing extrinsic evidence of a prior inconsistent statement of the state’s only witness.

Appellant was convicted of disorderly conduct. The charge arose from fighting in public.1 The only state witness was the *891arresting officer. He testified that he saw the fight between appellant and another boy escalate from horseplay to punching each other in earnest; other children crowded around the two boys to watch the fight. The officer separated the two boys…