Witherow v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the prosecutor’s calling the defendant “a liar” and “con man” was impermissible
• recognizing that an improper statement may be harmless if the verdict would have been the same absent the statement
• recognizing that an improper statement may be harmless if the verdict would have been the same absent the statement
• recognizing that an improper statement 15 may be harmless if the verdict would have been the same absent the statement
• stating that it is improper argument to characterize a witness as a liar
• stating that it is improper argument to characterize a witness as a liar

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).