New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 3/26/1993

State v. Michaels

Citations

625 A.2d 489
264 N.J. Super. 579

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recognizing, in child sexual assault investigations, \the possibility of distorting recollections by suggestive or leading questions\
finding the prosecutor could use a \puzzle analogy\ to argue that the defendant was guilty
agreeing that replaying witness's videotaped testimony \'unduly emphasized their testimony'\
allowing the State to write the word \guilty\ on a board during summation because a prosecutor may make reasonable inferences, which the jury can either accept or reject
“refusing] to hold that it is never permissible, at a jury’s request during deliberations, to replay a videotape of testimony [of victims of child abuse] in its entirety for the jury, with the defendant present, in open court”
“The witness’ words and all of the animation, passion, or sympathy originally conveyed are again presented to the jury.”

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Judges: Judges J.H. Coleman, Shebell and Conley

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