What is the impact of the prosecutor's misconduct in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Turner, 145 Cal.App.3d 658, 193 Cal.Rptr. 614 (Cal. App. 1983):
Notwithstanding this misconduct, however, the prosecutor's actions in this case are unlike those described in People v. Talle, supra, 111 Cal.App.2d 650, 245 P.2d 633. There, the focus was on the defendant's ostensibly guilty state of mind and the defendant's need to hire an adroit lawyer in order to escape punishment. Here, the prosecutor's argument was directed to the credibility of the victim. In the circumstances
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