State v. Farr-Lenzini

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• holding that no witness may offer an opinion on the defendant's guilt as it invades the province of the jury
• holding that no witness may offer an opinion on the defendant’s guilt as it invades the province of the jury
• in prosecution for attempting to elude, officer’s testimony that defendant was trying to get away was improper opinion on guilt
• trooper’s testimony that defendant was trying to get away from him was improper lay opinion where defendant’s intent to elude a police officer was an element of the crime
• “Because it is the jury’s responsibility to determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence, no witness, lay or expert, may opine as to the defendant’s guilt, whether by direct statement or by inference.”
• in prosecution for attempting to elude, officer's testimony that defendant was attempting to get away went to a core contested issue and was improper

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