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· 1/25/2008

Al-Attawy v. State

Citations

  • 657 S.E.2d 552
  • 289 Ga. App. 570
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 369
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 81

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • considering that jury had other evidence from which it could assess credibility of victim and victim was subjected to cross-examination
  • reviewing bolstering testimony in the context of all the evidence to determine whether it affected the outcome of the trial
  • the impact of the bolstering testimony was diminished, where bolstering witness retreated from her credibility opinion
  • “[W]e review the bolstering testimony within its context to determine whether it affected the trial’s outcome.”
  • expert witness’s testimony that she found the victim’s “disclosure to be credible” was improper bolstering
  • counsel directly attacked psychologist’s bolstering testimony and witness qualified her prior testimony on cross-examination

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Judges: Phipps, Johnson, Mikell

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