Can a federal prosecutor be found to have violated the federal and state constitutions in their conduct at trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, A156883 (Cal. App. 2020):

A prosecutor violates the federal Constitution when her conduct "infects the trial with such unfairness as to make the conviction a denial of due process." (People v. Morales (2001) 25 Cal.4th 34, 44.) Under state law, "the use of deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to persuade either

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