Is there any misconduct where a prosecutor asserted that the facts were against appellant and the law of self-defense were unfavorable to appellants?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ciauri, B285436 (Cal. App. 2019):

of prosecution witnesses because the facts, as established by the video, and the law of self-defense were unfavorable to appellants. This argument was permissible. (See People v. Williams (1996) 46 Cal.App.4th 1767, 1781 [no misconduct where prosecutor "asserted that because the facts were against appellant, counsel had to 'obscure the truth' and confuse and distract the jury in order 'to manufacture doubt even where none exist[ed]'"].)

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