What is a prosecutor's interpretation of the testimony of an off-duty police officer?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Robinson, E066628 (Cal. App. 2018):

"Prosecutors have wide latitude to discuss and draw inferences from the evidence at trial. [Citation.] Whether the inferences the prosecutor draws are reasonable is for the jury to decide." (People v. Dennis (1998) 17 Cal.4th 468, 522.) "Even inferences based on faulty reasoning from facts in the record are within the bounds of closing argument, for the jury is the ultimate arbiter of the facts." (People v. Younger (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 1360, 1384.) Here, the prosecutor's interpretation of the officer's testimony

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