People v. McLaurin

Defendant was convicted, after second jury trial, of first-degree murder. Witness' prior inconsistent statements contained in his written statement and grand jury testimony were properly admitted as substantive evidence. Written statement, signed by witness, described events of shooting to which he was eyewitness. Statements that phrase "you stretched buddy" meant that Defendant killed the victim, in witness' prior written statement and grand jury testimony, met requirements of Rule 701, and thus were properly admitted. Other statements, which did not describe any misconduct or criminal acts committed by Defendant but only witness' observations that he had seen Defendant in possession of some guns at some unknown time, were not other-crimes evidence.(DELORT and HARRIS, concurring.)