Does a prosecutor have a right to discuss the case during their argument to the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miles, B269703 (Cal. App. 2017):
A prosecutor has "'a wide-ranging right'" to discuss the case during his or her arguments to the jury. (People v. Thomas (1992) 2 Cal.4th 489, 526.) Here, we see only a possibility that the jury could have misconstrued the prosecutor's argument such that it would step into discourse beyond this range in Miles's
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