California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Macklin, F077129 (Cal. App. 2020):
In any event, the above line of questioning did not rise to the level of misconduct. "The rule is well established that the [prosecutor] may not interrogate witnesses solely 'for the purpose of getting before the jury the facts inferred therein, together with the insinuations and suggestions they inevitably contained, rather than for the answers which might be given.'" (People v. Wagner (1975) 13 Cal.3d 612, 619; see People v. Pearson (2013) 56 Cal.4th 393, 434 ["A prosecutor may not ask questions of a witness suggesting
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