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State v. Bebb

Citations

  • 723 P.2d 512
  • 44 Wash. App. 803
  • 1986 Wash. App. LEXIS 3220

How courts have described this case

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  • \[a] prosecutor can comment on the accused's failure to present evidence on a particular issue if persons other than the accused or his spouse could have testified for him on that issue\
  • \[a] prosecutor can comment on the accused's failure to present evidence on a particular issue if persons other than the accused or his spouse could have testified for him on that issue\
  • not improper to comment on defendant's failure to call handwriting expert or lay witness familiar with his handwriting to rebut State's expert testimony on handwriting
  • self-representation is not a license to avoid compliance with court rules
  • approved prosecutor's comment on defendant's failure to present handwriting testimony

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Judges: Thompson, McInturff

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