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Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 6. WITNESSES · Article 2. CREDIBILITY

24-6-621. Impeachment by contradiction.

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  1. A witness may be impeached by disproving the facts testified to by the witness.

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History

Code 1981, § 24-6-621, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

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