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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 144 Wash. App. 284

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the State bolstered an officer’s good character by referring to his integrity and honesty
  • holding it improper for the prosecutor to argue that the jury could infer that a witness did not testify at trial because he was afraid of the defendant
  • finding prosecutor improperly bolstered officer’s character with facts not in evidence regarding officer’s usage of informants
  • irrelevant evidence may be made relevant when the other party opens the door to it
  • prosecutors are not 42 No. 35297-8-III State v. Bennett permitted to make prejudicial statements unsupported by the record
  • party opens the door to the introduction of otherwise inadmissible evidence when they either (1) introduce evidence of questionable admissibility or (2) are the “first to raise a particular subject at trial”

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Judges: Armstrong, Brintnall, Houghton, Quinn

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