California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, B224729 (Cal. App. 2011):
Next, citing authority for the proposition that a prosecutor is guilty of misconduct when he or she elicits inadmissible statements from his or her witnesses, appellant argues the prosecutor committed misconduct. (People v. Cabrellis (1967) 251 Cal.App.2d 681, 688.) Appellant fails to cite any authority for the proposition that a prosecutor commits
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misconduct when defense counsel elicits inadmissible evidence. Here, defense counsel, not the prosecutor elicited the evidence appellant now challenges.
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