Is there an exclusionary rule that barred impeachment with prior inconsistent statements?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Macias, 16 Cal.4th 739, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 659, 941 P.2d 838 (Cal. 1997):
Three years later, we decided May. There the issue was whether a previously recognized exclusionary rule that barred impeachment with prior inconsistent statements elicited in violation of Miranda v. Arizona [941 P.2d 845]
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