State v. Demery

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 2001-09-13

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Sanders, J. (dissenting) — The majority concludes a recorded expression of an officer’s opinion that a suspect is lying is admissible at trial even though the same officer would not be permitted to offer such an opinion in live testimony. I see no distinction between the two. It matters not whether the opinion was rendered in the context of an interrogation interview or in context of direct testimony in open court. The end result…

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