California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Seaton, 110 Cal.Rptr.2d 441, 26 Cal.4th 598, 28 P.3d 175 (Cal. 2001):
In his arguments to the jury, the prosecutor described the defense case as "ludicrous," "contrived," "concocted," and "bogus." Defendant asserts these descriptions were improper because they were "personal attacks on the integrity of opposing counsel." (People v. Espinoza (1992) 3 Cal.4th 806, 820, 12 Cal.Rptr.2d 682, 838 P.2d 204.) Having reviewed the remarks in their proper context, we disagree. The remarks were comments on the evidence presented by the defense and did not impugn counsel's integrity.
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