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· 6/2/2014

Brandon Brummett v. State of Indiana

Citations

  • 10 N.E.3d 78
  • 2014 WL 2451381
  • 2014 Ind. App. LEXIS 246

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a prosecutor may not state his or her personal opinion regarding the credibility of a witness during trial
  • holding the prosecutor committed misconduct by asking a defendant charged with child molesting whether he enjoyed touching both of his victims’ vaginas or “was there only one you like[d] better” because the questions were “argumentative and inflammatory”
  • discussing prosecutor’s comments that implied the defense counsel’s arguments helped guilty men go free and statement that defense counsel employed tricks
  • finding the prosecutor improperly distinguished the roles of the prosecution and defense, vouched for the credibility of the witnesses and justness of the cause, and asked inflammatory questions

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Judges: Baker, Vaidik, Bailey

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