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State v. Anderson

Citations

  • 153 Wash. App. 417

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a prosecutor may properly argue that the State has \met and exceeded\ its burden of proof
  • holding that “[t]he prosecutor’s statements that a ‘reasonable doubt’ is one for which a reason exists were . . . not inaccurate,” and noting that “the trial court’s instructions to the jury only reiterated this concept”
  • holding that prosecutor’s comments were improper but not prejudicial
  • “The trial court’s instructions regarding the presumption of innocence minimized any negative impact on the jury”
  • “The trial court’s instructions regarding the presumption of innocence minimized any negative impact on the jury. Again, we presume the jury follows the trial court’s instructions.”
  • “We review a prosecuting attorney’s allegedly improper remarks in the context of the total argument, the issues in the case, the evidence addressed in the argument, and the instructions given to the jury.”

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Judges: Penoyar

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