Can a prosecutor who uses deceptive or reprehensible methods to persuade the jury to convict commit misconduct?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Austin, F073937 (Cal. App. 2018):

"A prosecutor who uses deceptive or reprehensible methods to persuade the jury commits misconduct, and such actions require reversal under the federal Constitution when they infect the trial with such ' "unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process." ' [Citations.] Under state law, a prosecutor who uses deceptive or reprehensible methods commits misconduct even when those actions do not result in a fundamentally unfair trial." (People v. Cook (2006) 39 Cal.4th 566, 606.)

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