Is there any case law where a trial court prohibited defense counsel from referencing the prosecution of O.J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Simon, 1 Cal.5th 98, 204 Cal.Rptr.3d 380, 375 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2016):
People v. Virgil, supra, 51 Cal.4th at pp. 12851287, 126 Cal.Rptr.3d 465, 253 P.3d 553 [finding no abuse of discretion where trial court prohibited defense counsel from referencing prosecutions of O.J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers].)
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