CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Prior Inconsistent Statements
.........Test for Inconsistency

• Claimed Lack of Recollection
• Conflicting Pretrial Statements
• Evasive "I don't remember" Answers
• In General
• Inconsistency In Effect
• Partial Recollection
• Refusal to Answer or Silence
• Witness Genuinely Does Not Recall