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· 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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