“The distinction between impeachment evidence proving bias and impeachment of general credibility is important because generally applicable evidentiary rules limit inquiry into specific instances of conduct through the use of extrinsic evidence and through cross-examination with respect to general credibility attacks, * * * but no such limit applies to credibility attacks based upon motive or bias.”
How later courts described this case
- “The distinction between impeachment evidence proving bias and impeachment of general credibility is important because generally applicable evidentiary rules limit inquiry into specific instances of conduct through the use of extrinsic evidence and through cross-examination with respect to general credibility attacks, * * * but no such limit applies to credibility attacks based upon motive or bias.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 4th Dist. Certiorari denied.