Lagana v. State

How courts have described this case

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• bolstering testimony was not accompanied by other testimony that could enable jury to “determine for itself the truthfulness and credibility” of victim and to “accept or reject the [expert’s] opinion on this matter”
• “ Tn no circumstance may a witness’ credibility be bolstered by the opinion of another ... as to whether the witness is telling the truth.’ ”
• grandmother’s affirming that she had not “ ‘ever had any problems with [(the victim’s)] telling stories’ ” was improper
• grandmother’s affirming that she had not “‘ever had any problems with (the victim’s) telling stories’” was improper
• conviction reversed where grandmother improperly bolstered victim’s credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).