California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, D067486 (Cal. App. 2015):
reasonable inferences, or deductions to be drawn therefrom. [Citations.] It is also clear that counsel during summation may state matters not in evidence, but which are common knowledge or are illustrations drawn from common experience, history or literature.' [Citation.] . . . [] . . . '. . . A prosecutor is held to a standard higher than that imposed on other attorneys because of the unique function he or she performs in representing the interests, and in exercising the sovereign power, of the state.' " (People v. Hill (1998) 17 Cal.4th 800, 819-820.)
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