What constitutes a prosecutor's conduct in the federal and state criminal courts?

A prosecutor's conduct violates the federal Constitution when it "comprises a pattern of conduct so 'egregious that it infects the trial with such unfairness as to make the conviction a denial of due process.'" (People v. Navarette (2003) 30 Cal.4th 458, 506.) Under our state's Constitution the question is whether the prosecutor used "deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to persuade either the court or the jury." (Ibid.) In this vein, the prosecution "cannot present evidence it knows is false and must

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