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· 5/8/1986

Fensterer v. State

Citations

  • 509 A.2d 1106
  • 1986 Del. LEXIS 1116

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that comments made by the prosecutor in closing argument were \improper and unacceptable” because they implied that \in order to acquit the defendant ... the jury would have to find that the officers lied under oath”
  • holding that comments made by the prosecutor in closing argument were \improper and unacceptable\ because they implied that \in order to acquit the defendant ... the jury would have to find that the officers lied under oath\
  • finding that even if the jury believes the complainant, it may still acquit the defendant
  • finding improper a prosecutor’s statement that necessarily implied that a defendant could be acquitted only if the jury found that certain police officers committed perjury
  • establishing basis for expert opinion is prerequisite to admission

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Christie, McNeilly, Horsey

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