• In federal practice, extrinsic evidence of an unsworn prior inconsistent statement is admissible — if the witness is given an opportunity to explain or deny the statement — for impeachment purposes only. Fed. R. Evid. 613(b). Sworn statements may be admitted for all purposes. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A). A prior consistent statement is not hearsay if it is offered to rebut a charge that the testimony was improperly influenced or fabricated. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B). [Cases: Witnesses 379–397; 414(2). C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 674–754; 781.]
prior consistent statement
A witness’s earlier statement that conflicts with the witness’s testimony at trial.
