How have the courts dealt with the improper conduct of a prosecutor in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Shazier, H035423 (Cal. App. 2012):
In reviewing the record and considering the extent of the prosecutor's improper questions and arguments, we conclude that the prosecutor's improper conduct " "so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process." ' " (People v. Riggs, supra, 44 Cal.4th at p. 298.) Moreover, the aggregate prejudicial effect of the prosecutor's misconduct therefore requires reversal.
The judgment is reversed.4
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