How have the courts treated the prosecutor's comments to the jury in this case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Sanchez, A135424 (Cal. App. 2014):

Any lingering danger that the jury might have misinterpreted or been misled by the prosecutor's comments was eliminated by the jury instructions the court gave in this case. We presume that the jury followed those instructions. (People v. Boyette (2002) 29 Cal.4th 381, 436.) We also presume that the " 'the jury treated the court's instructions as statements of law, and the prosecutor's comments as words spoken by an advocate in an attempt to persuade.' " (People v. Seaton (2001) 26 Cal.4th 598, 646; see also People v. Samayoa (1997) 15 Cal.4th 795, 844.)

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