State v. Williams
| Decision Date | 03 May 2012 |
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22 cases
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State v. Dolloff
...the authority or prestige of the prosecutor's office to shore up the credibility of a witness, sometimes called “vouching,” see State v. Williams, 2012 ME 63, ¶ 46, 52 A.3d 911; • Shifting the burden of proof on an issue to the defendant, see United States v. Glover, 558 F.3d 71, 76–79 (1st......
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State v. Hassan
...[¶ 33] A lawyer shall not “state a personal opinion as to ... the credibility of a witness.” M.R. Prof. Conduct 3.4(e); see also State v. Williams, 2012 ME 63, ¶ 46, 52 A.3d 911 (“A prosecutor improperly vouches for a witness when she ... impart[s] her personal belief in a witness's veracit......
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State v. Coleman
...403 and 608(b) and review such rulings for an abuse of discretion. State v. Maderios , 2016 ME 155, ¶¶ 10–11, 149 A.3d 1145 ; State v. Williams , 2012 ME 63, ¶ 42, 52 A.3d 911. Rule 608(b) prohibits use of extrinsic evidence of specific instances of a witness's conduct, other than a crimina......
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State v. George
...vouched for the cooperating witness's credibility. Because we addressed these issues in detail in the companion opinion, State v. Williams, 2012 ME 63, ¶¶ 41–48, 52 A.3d 911, we do not discuss them further in this opinion. [¶ 4] We affirm the judgment.I. CASE HISTORY [¶ 5] The history of th......
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2 books & journal articles
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V. The Right to Confrontation from to Present: Applying Crawford in the Federal and State Courts
...Ongoing Emergencies, and the Violent-Perpetuator-at-Large Problem, 61 Stan. L. Rev. 751, 765-66 (2008). See also State v. Williams, 52 A.3d 911, 918 (Me. 2012) (statements made in "private, intimate conversations" were nontestimonial because they were not intended "to establish facts that c......
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VIII. The Right to Confront Witness Who Made Specific Types of Statements
...to which the . . . officer testified to in court").[281] . Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 60 n.9 (2004). See State v. Williams, 52 A.3d 911, 919 (Me. 2012) (finding that the admission of statements made "during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy" in private, intimate conv......