Is a defendant entitled to a closing argument at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Martinez, H039592 (Cal. App. 2016):
Accordingly, a defendant has a constitutional right to have his counsel present a closing argument to the jury. (People v. Marshall (1996) 13 Cal.4th 799, 854.) The trial court, however, has broad discretion in limiting the scope of counsel's argument to ensure that it "does not stray unduly from the mark." (Id. at p. 855.)
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