Is there prosecutorial misconduct to misstate the applicable law during argument to the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thrower, F062872 (Cal. App. 2013):
It is prosecutorial misconduct to misstate the applicable law during argument to the jury. (People v. Huggins (2006) 38 Cal.4th 175, 253, fn. 21; People v. Otero (2012) 210 Cal.App.4th 865, 870.) Thrower contends misconduct occurred during the rebuttal portion of closing argument when certain testimony was characterized as direct evidence
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