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When a witness has been asked and has answered any question which is relevant to the inquiry only insofar as it tends to shake his or her credit by injuring his or her character, no evidence shall be given to contradict him or her, but if he or she answers falsely, he or she may afterwards be charged with giving false evidence.
Exception 1."If a witness is asked whether he or she has been previously convicted of any crime, and denies it, evidence may be given of his or her previous conviction.
Exception 2."If a witness is asked any question tending to impeach his or her impartiality and answers it by denying the facts suggested, he or she may be contradicted.
You cannot bring in evidence to contradict a witness's answers about their character if those answers were given in response to questions meant to tes...
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