How have the courts treated allegations of misconduct against a prosecutor?

Luis next complains that the prosecutor committed misconduct in six different instances. The standards regarding prosecutorial misconduct are well established. "'"A prosecutor's. intemperate behavior violates the federal Constitution when it comprises a pattern of conduct 'so egregious that it infects the trial with such unfairness as to make the conviction a denial of due process.'"' [Citations.] Conduct by a prosecutor that does not render a criminal trial fundamentally unfair is prosecutorial misconduct under state law only if it involves '"'the use of deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to

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persuade either the court or the jury.'"' [Citation.]" (People v. Samayoa (1997) 15 Cal.4th 795, 841.)