State v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 775 So. 2d 1022 - State v. Casey · 669 So. 2d 364 - State v. Taylor · 708 So. 2d 703 - State v. Williams · 584 So. 2d 356 - State v. Collins · 339 So. 2d 764 - State v. May
Most-quoted passages
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“General comments on the credibility of a witness are not prohibited if the record contains facts which bear on the witness’s credibility. State v. Sayles, 395 So.2d 695 (La.1981). In State v. Smith, 554 So.2d 676, 681 (La.1989), the Court stated: [I]t has consistently been held to be reversible error for the prosecutor to express his belief in the guilt of the accused, or the credibility of a key witness, where doing so implies that he has additional knowledge or information about the case which has not been disclosed to the jury. State v. Kaufman, [ 304 So.2d 300 (La.1974) ]; State v. Harrison, 367 So.2d 1 (La.1979); State v. Hamilton, 356 So.2d 1360 (La.1978); State v. May, 339 So.2d 764 (La.1976) (recognizing the stated rule but finding that the prosecutor’s comment did not imply to the jury that he had personal knowledge of facts not presented to them indicating the defendant’s guilt)....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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