State v. Kirkman

¶1 — Petitioner State of Washington appeals two Court of Appeals’ opinions reversing jury con*922victions. Respondent Charles L. Kirkman was convicted of first degree rape of an eight-year-old girl. Respondent Ruben Jaurez Candía was convicted on four counts of first degree rape of a child. The combined cases raise the common issue of whether a trial court allowed testimony of an investigating officer or examining doctor, argued to be improper, as supporting the victims’ credibility and, if so, whether the error was “manifest” constitutional error that may be asserted for the first time on appeal.