GroundRules
KRE 613: Prior statements of witnesses
Where this section sits in the code
- KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated "rules," the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court "adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116."
(a) Examining witness concerning prior statement. Before other evidence can be
offered of the witness having made at another time a different statement, he must be
inquired of concerning it, with the circumstances of time, place, and persons
present, as correc tly as the examining party can present them; and, if it be in
writing, it must be shown to the witness, with opportunity to explain it. The court
may allow such evidence to be introduced when it is impossible to comply with this
rule because of the absence at the trial or hearing of the witness sought to be
contradicted, and when the court finds that the impeaching party has acted in good
faith.
(b) This provision does not apply to admissions of a party-opponent as defined in KRE
801A.
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