State v. Ancona

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘‘[i]t is permissible for a prosecutor to explain that a witness either has or does not have a motive to lie’’
• prosecutor’s reference to ‘‘ ‘blue code’ ’’ of silence among police officers who witness criminal conduct by another officer was improper when no evidence of ‘‘ ‘blue code’ ’’ was pre- sented at trial
• mixed verdict proof that prosecutor’s improper argument did not affect verdict
• jury found defendant police officer drafted false police report

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).