How have courts interpreted counsel's argument at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Banks, A139907 (Cal. App. 2015):
counsel's argument and "properly served to remind the jury to focus on the relevant evidence and to not be swayed by argument alone." (People v. Gionis (1995) 9 Cal.4th 1196, 1217, fn. 13.)
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