Can a prosecutor commit misconduct if he or she attacks the integrity of defense counsel or casts aspersions on defense counsel?

"A prosecutor commits misconduct if he or she attacks the integrity of defense counsel or casts aspersions on defense counsel. [Citations] 'An attack on the defendant's attorney can be seriously prejudicial as an attack on the defendant himself, and, in view of accepted doctrines of ethics and decorum [citation], it is never excusable.' " (People v. Hill (1998) 17 Cal.4th 800, 832.)

Prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct can violate federal due process if it is " 'so egregious that it infects the trial with such unfairness as to make the conviction a denial of due process.' " (People v. Gionis (1995) 9 Cal.4th 1196, 1214.) Even if such conduct does not rise to the level of a due process violation, it may still be a violation of state law if it involvesthe use of deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to persuade either the court or the jury.(People v. Espinoza (1992) 3 Cal.4th 806, 820.)