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State v. Barr

Citations

  • 98 P.3d 518

How courts have described this case

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  • holding it was manifest error for law enforcement to make “observations of [the defendant’s] behavior indicating that there were signs” he was not being truthful or that “it was obvious . . . he was afraid he was going to go to prison for this”
  • trial court committed “manifest error” [Washington’s equivalent of palpable error] by permitting police officer to render opinion that defendant was guilty
  • trial court committed \manifest error\ [Washington's equivalent of palpable error] by permitting police officer to render opinion that defendant was guilty
  • constitutional error not harmless because “[a]t its heart, the ultimate issue here revolved around an assessment of the credibility of [defendant] and [victim]”
  • constitutional error not harmless because “[a]t its heart, the ultimate issue here revolved around an assessment of the credibility of [the defendant] and [victim]”

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Judges: Kurtz

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