2021 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 6 - Witnesses
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 24-6-607. Who May Impeach
The credibility of a witness may be attacked by any party, including the party calling the witness.
(Code 1981, §24-6-607, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
Cross references.- Mode and order of witness interrogation and presentation, § 24-6-611.
Who may impeach a witness, Fed. R. Evid. 607.
Law reviews.- For article, "Character Evidence in the Civil Setting,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 20 (Dec. 2020).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Impeachment of Own Witness
- Examination of Opposite Party
- Examination of Own Witness
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, §§ 447 et seq., 501, 506, 509.
ALR.
- Estoppel of party to contradict what he testified to, adversely to his present opponent, in a prior action to which he was not a party, 5 A.L.R. 1505.
Impeaching witness examined by both parties, 54 A.L.R. 1374.
Right of party surprised by unfavorable testimony of own witness to ask him concerning previous inconsistent statements, 74 A.L.R. 1042.
Proper practice and relief on development of hostility by party's own witness, 117 A.L.R. 326.
May a witness who testifies to facts be impeached by showing of prior inconsistent expressions of opinion by him, 158 A.L.R. 820.
Federal Civil Procedure Rule 43(b), and similar state rule, relating to the calling and interrogation of adverse party as witness at trial, 35 A.L.R.2d 756.
Right of counsel representing party at trial, but employed by his liability insurer, to cross-examine or impeach him for asserted contradictory statements, 48 A.L.R.2d 1239.
Party litigant in civil personal injury or death case as bound by conflicting testimony of his own medical witnesses, 53 A.L.R.2d 1229.
Who is "employee" within statute permitting examination, as adverse witness, of employee of party, 56 A.L.R.2d 1108.
Admissibility and effect, on issue of party's credibility or merits of his case, of evidence of attempts to intimidate or influence witness in civil action, 4 A.L.R.4th 829.
What constitutes crime involving "dishonesty or false statement" under Rule 609(a)(2) of the Uniform Rules of Evidence, 83 A.L.R.5th 277.
Propriety, under Uniform Rule of Evidence 607, of impeachment of party's own witness, 3 A.L.R.6th 269.
