In a federal civil case, in what circumstances will a federal prosecutor be found to have improperly challenged statements in his closing argument?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kotko, C079944 (Cal. App. 2019):
Although the prosecutor approached and even exceeded the bounds of permissible vigor on several occasions, we see no basis to conclude that he engaged in a pattern of improper argument that would constitute a violation of federal due process. (People v. Tully, supra, 54 Cal.4th at p. 1009.) The challenged statements were confined to the prosecutor's rebuttal argument, which consumes 16 pages in a seven-volume trial
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