Temple of Justice

Facts:  Petitioner Timothy Fisher was convicted of sexually molesting his former stepdaughter in the Superior Court for Benton County after a trial in which the prosecution, in contravention of a pretrial agreement, discussed allegations of previous physical abuse of other children under Fisher’s care Read more…

Synopsis: Whether the prosecutor in a criminal trial improperly vouched for a witness’s credibility when on direct examination the prosecutor elicited the fact that the witness had promised to testify truthfully as part of a plea agreement.