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and related charges. Trial court ruled inadmissible statements defendant made to investigator and magistrate, “based on findings that Gregory had not been informed of his rights to remain silent and to an attorney before making the incriminating statements.” After defendant testified at trial that he wasn’t driving the vehicle, however, trial court admitted prior statements as impeachment. Held, “even though the trial court had ruled that such testimony was inadmissible in the state’s case-in-chief, once Gregory testified that he had not been the driver, the state was authorized to use his prior voluntary statements for impeachment purposes.” Testimony at trial indicated that statements were voluntary and at least some of them were spontaneous. Eldridge v. State, 270 Ga.App. 84, 606 S.E.2d 95 (October 14, 2004). “[A] prior inconsistent statement [of the defendant] is admissible for impeachment purposes even if Miranda warnings were not given, although the trial court in this circumstance has a duty to give appropriate limiting instructions. See State v. Byrd, 255 Ga. 665, 341 S.E.2d 455 (1986); [other cites].” Mayberry v. State, 267 Ga.App. 620, 600 S.E.2d 703 (May 27, 2004). “Mayberry’s statement was properly admitted for impeachment purposes. [Cit.] While the State may not use a statement obtained in violation of a defendant’s Miranda rights during its case in chief, that statement may be used on rebuttal to impeach the defendant. [Cit.] Mayberry’s statements to Officer Peacock were not introduced during the State’s case-in-chief; rather, the State offered the statement to impeach Mayberry’s testimony. Accordingly, Mayberry’s statements were admissible, even if obtained in violation of his Miranda rights.” 13. INTERROGATOR’S COMMENTS ON RECORDING Dority v. State, 335 Ga.App. 83, 780 S.E.2d 129 (November 20, 2015). Aggravated child molestation and related convictions affirmed. Under 2013 Evidence Code, no error in admitting investigator’s statements as part of recording of defendant’s interrogation. Contrary to defendant’s argument, the comments weren’t improper bolstering of victim’s credibility. Officer twice commented that “‘[s]ome of the things that she talked about you can tell weren’t coached, weren’t told to her, because she used words in a child’s version of how to describe things. … You can coach a child but you can’t coach a child in terms of 9–year–old’s talk; you know what I’m saying, something happened to this girl.’ Dority replied that he was willing to believe that something had happened to his child.” 1. General rule prohibiting one witness from commenting on another’s credibility “is inapplicable here because ‘[c]omments made [during a law enforcement interrogation] and designed to elicit a response from a suspect do not amount to opinion testimony, even when a recording of the comments is admitted at trial.’ … But, ‘[l]ike any other evidence, testimony reflecting comments made by an officer in the course of an interview ought not be admitted if the probative value of the testimony is substantially outweighed by its tendency to unduly arouse emotions of prejudice, hostility, or sympathy.’ Butler v. State, 292 Ga. 400, 406(3)(a) (738 S.E.2d 74) (2013) (citation and footnote omitted); see also Roberts [ v. State, 313 Ga.App. 849, 850–851(2) (723 S.E.2d 73) (2012)] , 313 Ga.App. at 851(2); OCGA § 24–4–403 (‘Relevant evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice....’).” 2. Investigator’s comments “ had little if any prejudicial effect. First, the comments are not a direct comment on the child’s credibility; they only go to whether the child’s statements revealed evidence of coaching. And ‘this Court has repeatedly held that a witness does not improperly bolster a victim’s credibility by testifying that the witness saw no evidence of coaching.’ Conley v. State, 329 Ga.App. 96, 102(a) (763 S.E.2d 881) (2014), citing McCowan v. State, 302 Ga.App. 555, 557(1) (691 S.E.2d 360) (2010) (victim’s mother’s and nurse’s statements that the victim’s responses did not appear rehearsed did not bolster the victim’s credibility).” “Further, the State presented other evidence from which the jury could assess [victim] M.D.’s credibility, including the consistency of her trial testimony, her forensic interview, and the testimony of the outcry witnesses, as well as Dority’s reactions during his interrogation and items found in Dority’s house that the child mentioned in her testimony.” 2. “ In the remainder of the second paragraph, Bertera stated that based on his experience as an officer and relying on expertise of the forensic examiner as well, something definitely happened to M.D. But this comment had some probative value given that it was followed by Dority stating that he was willing to believe that something happened to M.D. See, e.g., Roberts, 313 Ga.App. at 851–852(2) ( interrogation comments had probative value where they were part of a confrontational technique that yielded an admission from the defendant ); Butler, 292 Ga. at 406(3)(a) (challenged interrogation statements were followed shortly by defendant’s admission that he hit the victim). The comments at issue here may have had some prejudicial effect given that there was no physical evidence of the crime. But a reasonable juror would understand that the only reason an officer was interrogating the suspect was that the officer believed the account of the victim and thought the defendant was a suspect. Roberts, 313 Ga.App. at 851(2).” Butler v. State, 292 Ga. 400, 738 S.E.2d 74 (February 4, 2013). Murder conviction affirmed; trial court properly admitted