Printable Format60-462. Credibility of declarant. Evidence of a statement or other conduct by a declarant inconsistent with a statement received in evidence under an exception to K.S.A. 60-460, is admissible for the purpose of discrediting the declarant, though he or she had no opportunity to deny or explain such inconsistent statement. Any other evidence tending to impair or support the credibility of the declarant is admissible if it would have been admissible had the declarant been a witness.
History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-462; January 1, 1964.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Exclusion of evidence of prior inconsistent statements within discretion of trial court; no abuse shown. State v. Watie, Heard and Heard, 223 Kan. 337, 345, 574 P.2d 1368.
2. Evidence of admissible hearsay may be discredited with prior inconsistent statement without giving declarant opportunity to explain. Thoren v. Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 23 Kan. App. 2d 328, 333, 929 P.2d 815 (1997).
3. Hearsay exception of admitting preliminary hearing testimony discussed and applied. State v. Stano, 284 Kan. 126, 131, 138, 139, 159 P.3d 931 (2007).