California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 190 Cal.Rptr.3d 536, 353 P.3d 266, 61 Cal.4th 734 (Cal. 2015):
As at the guilt phase of the trial, at the penalty phase a prosecutor commits misconduct under the federal standard by engaging in conduct that renders the trial so unfair as to constitute a denial of due process. [Citations.] State law characterizes the use of deceptive or reprehensible methods as misconduct. (People v. Dykes (2009) 46 Cal.4th 731, 786, 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 78, 209 P.3d 1.)
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