Impeaching a Witness Who Has a Mental Illness

[摘要] Court Considers When to Allow Evidence of a Fact Witness' Mental Health History for Impeachment PurposesIn Collins v. State, 571 S.W.3d 469 (Ark. 2019), Ronnie Collins argued that the circuit court abused its discretion by not allowing him to impeach Lakeesha Jackson, a fact witness, with extrinsic evidence of her mental illness. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision.

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