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State v. Wright

Citations

  • 888 P.2d 1214
  • 76 Wash. App. 811

How courts have described this case

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  • nothing misleading or unfair in stating the obvious: that if the jury accepts one version of the facts, it must necessarily reject a diametrically opposed version
  • nothing misleading or unfair in stating the obvious: that if the jury accepts one version of the facts, it must necessarily reject a diametrically opposed version
  • misconduct to argue that in order to believe or acquit the defendant, jury must find the State's witnesses lied
  • misconduct to argue that the jury must find the State's witnesses are lying in order to believe the defendant
  • “[T]he current sentencing court is not bound by an earlier determination of whether to count the offenses as one offense or separate offenses.”
  • misconduct to argue that in order to believe or acquit the defendant, jury must find the State’s witnesses lied

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Judges: Aged, Pekelis, Becker

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