Can a defendant's federal due process rights be violated if a prosecutor makes improper remarks at trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Belcher, G054415 (Cal. App. 2019):

(People v. Earp (1999) 20 Cal.4th 826, 858.) In more extreme cases, a defendant's federal due process rights can be violated when a prosecutor's improper remarks "'"'infect[] the trial with unfairness,'"'" making it fundamentally unfair. (Ibid.)

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