IV. WITNESSES I. Rehabilitation

Question 1

2 situations

Answer 1

Showing witness’s good character for truthfulness.

Prior consistent statement to rebut a charge of recent fabrication.

Question 2

Showing witness’s good character for truthfulness.
when
how

Answer 2

only when ur witness has been impeached by 456 about bad character above

call another witness to give opinion/ reputation about the target witness

Question 3

Prior consistent statement to rebut a charge of recent fabrication.
when

Answer 3

When? If the witness’s trial testimony is charged as a recent fabrication, or as a product of improper influence, a prior statement by the witness that is consistent with her testimony will be admissible to rebut the charge IF the statement was MADE BEFORE the motive to fabricate arose.

can rehab if the witness’s sensory deficiencies have been impeached