Can a defendant bring a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct during trial?

inquiry, we "do not lightly infer" that the jury drew the most damaging rather than the least damaging meaning from the prosecutor's statements. [Citation.]' " (People v. Brown (2003) 31 Cal.4th 518, 553-554.)

A defendant may move for a new trial on the ground that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct during trial. ( 1181, subd. 5.) " 'We review a trial court's ruling on a motion for a new trial under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.' [Citations.] ' "A trial court's ruling on a motion for new trial is so completely within that court's discretion that a reviewing court will not disturb the ruling absent a manifest and unmistakable abuse of that discretion." ' [Citations.]" (People v. Thompson (2010) 49 Cal.4th 79, 140.)