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Walker v. State

Citations

  • 818 A.2d 1078
  • 373 Md. 360
  • 3 A.L.R. 6th 761
  • 2003 Md. LEXIS 85

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  • holding that prosecutors are held to even higher standards of conduct than other attorneys due to their unique role as both advocate and minister of justice
  • finding improper vouching to have occurred where a prosecutor made assertions, based on personal knowledge, that a witness was lying
  • finding improper vouching to have occurred where a prosecutor made assertions, based on personal knowledge, that a witness was lying
  • finding improper vouching to have occurred where a prosecutor made assertions, based on personal knowledge, that a witness was lying
  • \[T]he threshold standards for calling any fact witness are merely that the witness have personal knowledge of the matter attested to and that the matter be relevant to the case at hand.\
  • “[T]he threshold standards for calling any fact witness are merely that the witness have personal knowledge of the matter attested to and that the matter be relevant to the case at hand.”

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Judges: Harrell

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