What is the difference between a prosecutor's statement that the presumption of innocence "is going to vanish when you start deliberating"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Braslaw, A138325 (Cal. App. 2015):
The prosecutor's statement here is readily distinguished from that in United States v. Perlaza (9th Cir. 2006) 439 F.3d 1149, 1169, in which the prosecutor argued the presumption of innocence "is going to vanish when you start deliberating," which is
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