Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 11/9/2007

State v. Lopez

Citations

937 A.2d 905
156 N.H. 416
2007 N.H. LEXIS 201

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concluding errors by prosecutor were not prejudicial in light of the overwhelming evidence on the issue that was presented at trial
concluding that evidence that New Hampshire police officer did not see tears on defendant during interview would not have been placed in its proper context by introducing evidence that defendant cried at a different interview with New Jersey police on a different day
holding that trial court did not err by excluding evidence that defendant had cried during an interview with police when he had been permitted to introduce other evidence that he had cried when speaking with his family prior to and during his arrest
concluding that evidence that New Hampshire police officer did not see tears on defendant during interview would not have been placed in its proper context by introducing evidence that defendant cried at a different interview with New Jersey police on a different day
adopting a broad prohibition on questions requiring a witness to comment on credibility of other witnesses
“permitting the prosecutor to ask the defendant to opine upon the credibility of other witnesses was error”

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Judges: Galway, Broderick, Dallanis, Duggan, Hicks

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