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STATE v. LANG

No. 36397-0-III.

458 P.3d 791 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Bruce N. LANG, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED February 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Charles Link , Thomas Michael Kummerow , Tiffinie Bie Ha Ma , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98101-1683, for Appellant.

Larry D. Steinmetz , Cnty. Prose. Atty. Ofc., 1100 W Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-2043, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 It is well established that a prosecutor cannot comment on a witness's veracity or elicit testimony to the same effect. Yet the prosecutor at Bruce Lang's trial did just that. After Mr. Lang took the stand, recanted his prior confession, and accused the State of threatening and poisoning him, the...

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