Is a prosecutor's expression of opinion in a criminal case prejudicial error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, C077082 (Cal. App. 2018):
"[P]rosecutors should not purport to rely in jury argument on their outside experience or personal beliefs based on facts not in evidence." (People v. Medina (1995) 11 Cal.4th 694, 776.) However, the prosecutor's expression of opinion in the three incidents just mentioned did not rise to the level of prejudicial error.
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