Is a prosecutor permitted to vouch for the credibility of a witness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, H040078 (Cal. App. 2016):
As People v. Turner (2004) 34 Cal.4th 406, stated: "A prosecutor may make 'assurances regarding the apparent honesty or reliability of' a witness 'based on the "facts of [the] record and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom." ' [Citation.] But a 'prosecutor is prohibited from vouching for the credibility of witnesses or otherwise
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