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There are two purposes for this step. First, it is to show that the prior statement was more reliable and accurate. Second, it is to establish a foundation that will allow you to use extrinsic evidence of the prior inconsistent statement.
A witnesses may be impeached with evidence that shows a defect in his or her perception, memory, or truthfulness, such as evidence of bias, mistake, character for untruthfulness, or prior inconsistent statements.
all words any words phrase. impeach. v. 1) to discredit the testimony of a witness by proving that he/she has not told the truth or has been inconsistent, by introducing contrary evidence, including statements made outside of the courtroom in depositions or in statements of the witness heard by another.
Under common law, a witness may be impeached by proof the witness has contradicted him- or herself through evidence of prior acts or statements that are inconsistent with testimony given on direct examination.
First, the most basic step, is to have the witness repeat the testimony from todays hearing that you want to impeach. You cannot effectively impeach unless the witness repeats a fact they said during the current hearing that clearly contradicts a prior statement.

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Under common law, a witness may be impeached by proof the witness has contradicted him- or herself through evidence of prior acts or statements that are inconsistent with testimony given on direct examination.
15 IMPROPER IMPEACHMENT: where there is no true prior inconsistency or omission, or the lawyer. attempts to impeach his/her own witness in a criminal case where the testimony given does not. TEND TO DISPROVE the partys position. ( CPL 60.35)
Impeachment is the process of introducing circumstantial evidence that suggests to the jury a likelihood that the witness does not understand the need to tell the truth, is mistaken, is incomplete, or is lying.
Extrinsic evidence of a witnesss prior inconsistent statement is admissible only if the witness is given an opportunity to explain or deny the statement and an adverse party is given an opportunity to examine the witness about it, or if justice so requires.
Extrinsic evidence of a witnesss prior inconsistent statement is admissible only if the witness is given an opportunity to explain or deny the statement and an adverse party is given an opportunity to examine the witness about it, or if justice so requires.

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