What is the impact of a prosecutor's comments and questions in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Springfield, D055161, Super. Ct. No. SCD212571 (Cal. App. 2010):
Nonetheless, we conclude the prosecutor's comments and questions were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24.) The prosecutor's comments and questions were isolated and brief. The jury knew from the trial court's preliminary instructions that the prosecutor's comments and questions were not evidence. In addition, the trial court sustained Springfield's relevance objection and
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