Does the argument of counsel have more weight with the jury than the instructions of the court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Maiden v. Ducart, Case No.: 1:14-cv-01946-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Sarausad, 555 U.S. 179, 195 (2009)("arguments of counsel generally carry less weight with a jury than do instructions from the court."), quoting Boyde v. California, 494 U.S. 370, 384, 110 S.Ct. 1190 (1990).
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