How have the courts treated statements in a prosecutor's closing argument?

The statements challenged by defendant on appeal constitute only a fraction of the prosecutor's closing argument. Additionally, the jury was specifically instructed by the court that the attorneys' arguments were not evidence and that they were not to be swayed by public opinion or public feeling. "The presumptions that jurors understand and follow their instructions [citation] and do not draw the most damaging inferences from ambiguous arguments [citation] minimize our concern that the instant jury's verdict was influenced by a misapplication of the prosecutor's remarks." (People v. Shazier (2014) 60 Cal.4th 109, 150-151.)