Can a prosecutor argue that the prosecutor's argument was wrong on the basis that the evidence presented before a jury was flawed?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harvest, A125036 (Cal. App. 2013):
The prosecutor's argument was not erroneous. It constituted a fair comment on the state of the evidence.7 (People v. Cook (2006) 39 Cal.4th 566, 608.)
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The judgment is affirmed.
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