State v. Reimer

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• noting that opinion evidence of a witness’s character for truthfulness in general was permitted by Arizona Rule of Evidence 608(a), but an opinion regarding the truthfulness of specific statements by another witness was not permitted
• finding it improper for a prosecutor to ask a defendant whether a Deputy Marshall lied when he testified
• “Arizona courts have expressly determined that neither expert nor lay witnesses assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue when they merely opine on the truthfulness of a statement by another witness.”

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