Legal Opinion
Lewis v. American Road Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1969No. 43831PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Presiding Judge.
1. The record is not clear as to whether Curtis’ confession was introduced and considered specially for impeachment purposes or generally as an admission against interest.
A party may not impeach his own witness except where he can show to the court that he has been entrapped by the witness by a previous contradictory statement. Code Ann. § 38-1801. We do not think defendant’s counsel here made a sufficient showing of entrapment because: (1) The witness’ statement given the Sheriff of Henry County did not come directly to counsel from the witness (Jeens v. Wrightsville…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- McCarty v. National Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Frazier v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Malcom v. MalcolmCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Chapman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Loomis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Mazur v. Food Giant, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Canal Insurance v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Robinson v. Reward Ceramic Color Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. IsaacsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Mustang Transportation, Inc. v. W. W. Lowe & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
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