State v. Demery

— In this appeal, we must decide whether statements made by police officers during a taped interview accusing the suspect of lying constitute impermissible opinion testimony. The police commonly use this interview *755technique to determine whether a defendant will change her story during an interview. The defendant was charged with one count of robbery and three counts of kidnapping. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion to redact the officers’ statements on grounds that the statements were necessary to provide context to the defendant’s responses. The Court of Appeals reversed,…