Fensterer v. State

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).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-07-30· cited 85×
• Brokenbrough v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-18· cited 69×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-12-30· cited 63×
• Michael v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-07-10· cited 45×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-11· cited 40×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-03-28· cited 34×
• Webb v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-07-12· cited 20×
• Re v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-04-13· cited 14×
• Mason v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-05-16· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-07-08· cited 8×
• Adams v. F. Schumacher and Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-11-01· cited 1×
• Zayas v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2022-03-07