· 2/20/2014
State of Arizona v. Stephen Vincent Haverstick
Citations
- 234 Ariz. 161
- 318 P.3d 877
- 2014 Ariz. App. LEXIS 30
How courts have described this case
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- any effect of improper vouching was mitigated by superior court’s instruction that attorney’s comments are not evidence
- instruction that attorney arguments are not evidence “can be sufficient to ‘cure’ improper vouching” (quoting Payne, 233 Ariz. 484, ¶ 109)
- prosecutor's repeated argument that witness was \credible in every way possible\ and that her demeanor \was not faked\ did not, in context, constitute impermissible vouching
- \We consider arguments made in closing together with the jury instructions to determine whether the prosecutor's statements constituted fundamental error.\
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Judges: Howard, Vásquez, Miller
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