CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Prior Inconsistent Statements
.........Limit: Hr'g Where Prior Stmt. Made
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Impeaching prior inconsistent statement not admissible except when witness testifies at hearing.

Only under limited circumstances can prior statement form basis for conviction; prior unsworn statement of accomplice that is repudiated at trial insufficient basis for conviction.

D's testimony at suppression hearing may be used for impeachment if D testifies at trial in manner inconsistent with pretrial testimony.

Evid. Code §1235 does not apply to witness who is not present at trial to explain or deny statement.