What is the test for a finding of bad faith or wrongful intent in a criminal case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Mistler, C062054, No. CRF046307 (Cal. App. 2010):

"Because we consider the effect of the prosecutor's action on the defendant, a determination of bad faith or wrongful intent by the prosecutor is not required for a finding of prosecutorial misconduct." (People v. Crew (2003) 31 Cal.4th 822, 839.) "Prosecutorial misconduct is reversible under the federal Constitution when it 'infects the trial with such unfairness as to make the conviction a denial of due process.'" (People v. Guerra (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1067, 1124, disapproved on another point in People v. Rundle (2008) 43 Cal.4th 76, 151.) "'Conduct by a prosecutor that does not render a criminal trial fundamentally unfair is prosecutorial misconduct under [California] law only if it involves the use of deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to persuade either the trial court or the jury.' [Citation.]" (People v. Guerra, supra, at p. 1124.)

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