Admissibility of excluded statement for impeachment purposes

Sec. 3. If: (1) a statement made knowingly and voluntarily cannot be admitted as evidence against a child because of failure to meet the requirements of section 1 of this chapter; and (2) the child testifies in the child's own defense; the statement may be admitted to impeach the child as a witness in the same manner as evidence of any other prior inconsistent statement can be admitted for impeachment. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-7-3(c).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.15.