Question

A defendant was prosecuted for homicide. At trial the defendant testified that he shot the victim in self-defense. In rebuttal, the prosecution called a police officer who testified that he came to the scene in response to a telephone call from the defendant who told the officer over the phone "I was cleaning my gun and it went off accidentally."

The offered testimony is

(A) admissible, as an excited utterance.
(B) admissible, to impeach defendant and as evidence that he did not act in self-defense.
(C) inadmissible, because of defendant’s privilege against self-incrimination.
(D) inadmissible, because it tends to exculpate without corroboration

Answer 1

Answer:(B) admissible, to impeach defendant and as evidence that he did not act in self-defense.

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