Cornelius Davis v. Iowa District Court for Scott County

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• holding that the State bolstered an officer’s good character by referring to his integrity and honesty
• holding it improper for the prosecutor to argue that the jury could infer that a witness did not testify at trial because he was afraid of the defendant
• finding prosecutor improperly bolstered officer’s character with facts not in evidence regarding officer’s usage of informants
• irrelevant evidence may be made relevant when the other party opens the door to it
• prosecutors are not 42 No. 35297-8-III State v. Bennett permitted to make prejudicial statements unsupported by the record
• party opens the door to the introduction of otherwise inadmissible evidence when they either (1) introduce evidence of questionable admissibility or (2) are the “first to raise a particular subject at trial”

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