Does a prosecutor's exhortation that the jury "do its job" have prejudicial effect on the trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Floyd v. Filson, 940 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2019):
needs to be evaluated in context. See United States v. Young , 470 U.S. 1, 1720, 105 S.Ct. 1038, 84 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985) (prosecutors exhortation that the jury "do its job" and statements of personal belief were improper, but they did not have prejudicial effect on the trial as a whole in light of the comments context and overwhelming evidence of guilt).
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