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John Wallace McGinn v. State

Citations

  • 2015 WY 140
  • 361 P.3d 295
  • 2015 Wyo. LEXIS 157
  • 2015 WL 6778003

How courts have described this case

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  • finding misconduct when the prosecutor continued to ask “was she lying” questions after the court overruled defendant’s objection
  • providing a non-exhaustive list of the types of conduct we have found to constitute prosecutorial misconduct
  • “It is ‘misconduct for the prosecutor to cross-examine a defendant using the “lying” or “mistaken” technique (i.e., well, then if “so-and-so” said “such-and-such,” was he “mistaken” or “lying?”

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Judges: Burke, Hill, Davis, Fox

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