Does a prosecutor have a right to discuss the case in their closing argument?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Siegel, D068013 (Cal. App. 2017):
Prosecutors "ha[ve] a wide-ranging right to discuss the case in closing argument." (People v. Lewis (1990) 50 Cal.3d 262, 283.) Thus, a prosecutor has wide latitude to discuss and draw inferences from the evidence presented at trial, and the question of whether the inferences the prosecutor draws are reasonable is for the jury to decide. (Shazier, supra, 60 Cal.4th at p. 127.)
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