Does a prosecutor have to give a 10-minute rebuttal argument to a defendant's opening argument?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Rios, B293392 (Cal. App. 2020):

Section 1093, subdivision (e), permits the prosecutor to open the argument and to close the argument. While a prosecutor " ' " 'is given wide latitude during argument,' " ' " (People v. Stanley (2006) 39 Cal.4th 913, 951-952), a prosecutor may not "give a perfunctory ... opening argument designed to preclude

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effective defense reply, and then give a 'rebuttal' argumentimmune from defense reply10 times longer ... than his opening argument." (People v. Robinson (1995) 31 Cal.App.4th 494, 505 (Robinson).)

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