Idaho Supreme Court· 7/7/1976

State v. White

Citations

551 P.2d 1344
97 Idaho 708
1976 Ida. LEXIS 343

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holding that prejudicial remarks are those that constitute a comment on the weight of the evidence
holding that a judge must not “comment on the weight of the evidence” or express an “opinion as to the evidence . . . relat[ing] to a critical issue in the case” (citations omitted)
holding it constituted fundamental error for the prosecutor to elicit testimony about the defendant’s post-arrest silence, whether his purpose was to raise an inference of guilt or to impeach the defendant’s trial testimony
the exception to the general rule is that this Court will review \fundamental error\ on appeal even when no adequate objection has been interposed at trial

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Judges: McFadden, Donaldson, Bakes, Bistline, Jtj, Shepard

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