California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Norris, G058340 (Cal. App. 2021):
Even if the failure to timely object waived the issue for review, we do not believe these comments constituted misconduct. A similar comment was not deemed misconduct in People v. Goldberg (1984) 161 Cal.App.3d 170, 189 because the jury was properly instructed pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.90 about the presumption of innocence. Here, also, the jury was properly instructed as to defendant's right to be presumed innocent until proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be guilty. The trial judge told the
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