· 11/14/1990
State v. Iorg
Citations
- 801 P.2d 938
- 147 Utah Adv. Rep. 46
- 1990 Utah App. LEXIS 167
- 1990 WL 177671
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that testimony that “was clearly calculated to bolster [the victim’s] believability” in a case that “hinged on credibility” was prejudicial
- holding the district court erred in allowing bolstering testimony because it was not more probative than prejudicial
- recognizing prejudicial error in the admission of bolstering evidence in a child sex abuse case where the \case hinged on credibility\
- determining that a police officer’s testimony was not more probative than prejudicial when it was based on “her anecdotal statistical experience with late reporting in sexual abuse cases” (emphasis added) (quotation simplified)
- trial court’s admission or rejection of evidence will not be disturbed unless the court has clearly abused its discretion
- trial court's admission or rejection of evidence will not be disturbed unless the court has clearly abused its discretion
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Judges: Billings, Jackson, Orme
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