State v. Morris

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• holding that the expert witness impermissibly bolstered the complaining witness’s credibility even though they had never met because the court concluded that the expert’s “opinion had to have been based on the child’s statements to others”
• finding inadmissible an expert’s testimony that clearly implied that he believed the complaining witness
• “[T]he admission of [implicit expert testimony that the complainant was truthful or believable] in this case was reversible error. ... Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below and remand the case for a new trial.”
• “[T]he admission of [implicit expert testimony that the complainant was truthful or believable] in this case was reversible error. . . . Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below and remand the case for a new trial.”
• “[T]he admission of [implicit expert testimony that the complainant was truthful or believable] in this case was reversible error. . . . Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below and remand the case for a new trial.”

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Engelby.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2020-06-12· cited 8×
• State v. Calara.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-02-14· cited 7×
• State v. Suan
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-08-26· cited 4×
• State v. Eager.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2017-06-30· cited 4×
• State v. Behrendt
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-11-04
• State v. SUAN
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-07-22