Can a prosecutor be found guilty of misconduct in questioning a witness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wilson, C067640, Super. Ct. No. 09F01582 (Cal. App. 2012):
Defendant claims this questioning constituted misconduct, citing the venerable principle that a prosecutor "may not interrogate witnesses solely 'for the purpose of getting before the jury the facts inferred [in the question], 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.)
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