Dokes v. State

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the effect of bolstering should be viewed in context of all the evidence to determine if it had an effect on the outcome on the trial
• pointing out that “where the bolstering testimony is not the only evidence linking the defendant to the crime, it is highly probable that the admission of such evidence did not contribute to the jury’s verdict”
• no ineffectiveness where counsel made strategic decision not to object during child’s testimony for fear of alienating jury
• effect of bolstering should be viewed in context of all the evidence to determine if it had an effect on the outcome on the trial
• no ineffectiveness where counsel made strategic decision not to object during child’s testimony for fear of alienating jury
• “[T]he admission of evidence which serves only to bolster another witness’s credibility is not the kind of error that seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of a judicial proceeding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).