context: Although the victim's testimony that he did not remember saying "Elliot Fucking Snider" was not directly inconsistent with his prior use of that name in court, a witness' claim that he doesn't remember making a particular statement may be deemed to be inconsistent with the witness' actual making of that statement.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "A statement's inconsistency ... is not limited to cases in which diametrically opposed assertions have been made. . . . [IJnconsistencies may be found in changes in position and ... in denial[s] of recollection."
citation_a.sentence: See State v. Whelan, 200 Conn. 743, 748-49 n.4, 513 A.2d 86 (“A statement’s inconsistency ... is not limited to cases in which diametrically opposed assertions have been made. . . . [IJnconsistencies may be found in changes in position and ... in denial[s] of recollection.”); see also State v. Trotter, 69 Conn. App. 1, 17-21, 793 A.2d 1172 (victim’s testimony that he did not remember who had shot him was deemed to be inconsistent with victim’s prior statement to police identifying defendant as person who shot him), cert. denied, 260 Conn. 932, 799 A.2d 297 (2002).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 69 Conn. App. 1, 17-21
citation_b.parenthetical: victim's testimony that he did not remember who had shot him was deemed to be inconsistent with victim's prior statement to police identifying defendant as person who shot him
citation_b.sentence: See State v. Whelan, 200 Conn. 743, 748-49 n.4, 513 A.2d 86 (“A statement’s inconsistency ... is not limited to cases in which diametrically opposed assertions have been made. . . . [IJnconsistencies may be found in changes in position and ... in denial[s] of recollection.”); see also State v. Trotter, 69 Conn. App. 1, 17-21, 793 A.2d 1172 (victim’s testimony that he did not remember who had shot him was deemed to be inconsistent with victim’s prior statement to police identifying defendant as person who shot him), cert. denied, 260 Conn. 932, 799 A.2d 297 (2002).