Hampton v. Newkirk

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• concluding that allegedly improper bolstering “testimony was largely cumulative of the unobjected-to testimony” and was therefore harmless
• any error in admission of photograph was harmless because evidence of appellant’s guilt was overwhelming
• any error in admitting witness’ prior consistent statements was harmless, as improper evidence was cumulative of properly admitted evidence from other witnesses and evidence of appellant’s guilt was overwhelming
• any error in admitting a photograph showing several crime books on the defendant’s bookshelf was harmless given the overwhelming evidence of guilt
• psychologist could testify to victim’s prior consistent statements where defense counsel asked victim if anyone told him what to say and questioned whether the victim might have been fabricating his recent story on direct examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).