EVIDENCE – Evidence of Witness – The purpose of admitting the previous evidence of a witness
“…in a criminal case, a previous statement made by an ordinary witness is admissible only as affecting the credibility of his evidence and not as proof of the truth of what it says.”
Per LIONEL BRETT, JSC in ADISA V. THE STATE (1964) LCER-309(SC) (P. 7, Paras F – A) #
