What is the test for scheduling a defense closing argument in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Verdugo, 113 Cal.Rptr.3d 803, 236 P.3d 1035, 50 Cal.4th 263 (Cal. 2010):
Even assuming the claim was not forfeited, scheduling the defense closing argument for the following morning falls within the court's "great latitude in controlling ... summations." (Herring v. New York (1975) 422 U.S. 853, 862, 95 S.Ct. 2550, 45 L.Ed.2d 593.)
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