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State v. Coe

Citations

  • 684 P.2d 668
  • 101 Wash. 2d 772
  • 1984 Wash. LEXIS 1678

How courts have described this case

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  • excluding testimony of a previous incident involving a replica of a penis where the rapes Coe was accused of did not involve any such replica
  • cumulative error where trial errors included discovery violations, prior bad acts improperly admitted, hypnotized witnesses, and unduly prejudicial cross-examination, among others
  • numerous errors, harmless standing alone, can deprive a defendant of a fair trial
  • analyzing the admissibility of evidence that, among other things, the defendant \ used certain vulgar terms\ during sex
  • cumulative error where trial errors included discovery violations, prior bad acts improperly admitted, hypnotized witnesses, and unduly prejudicial cross-examination, among others
  • reversal required because of accumulated evidentiary errors and prosecutorial misconduct

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Judges: Stafford, Dolliver

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103 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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