Criminal Law : Rebuttal Evidence –  Disclosure Of Witness  –  Impeachment

Where a defendant in a robbery case challenged the non-disclosure of a witness for the state, the witness was a rebuttal witness that merely impeached the testimony of the defendant’s girlfriend, so the rebuttal witness was not required to be disclosed, and testimony from a print examiner did not violate the confrontation clause because the testimony was based on her own analysis and findings.

Judgment is affirmed.

State v. Ivy (MLW No. 71138/Case No. ED104698 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, Wilson, J. (Gwenda R. Robinson for appellant) (Karen L. Kramer for respondent).

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