In what circumstances will a prosecutor be allowed to argue that defense counsel's assessment of the evidence is absurd?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gerhartsreiter, B251546 (Cal. App. 2015):
Here, the prosecutor was not denigrating defendant's counsel. When the remarks are viewed in context, it is clear that the prosecutor was arguing that defense counsel's assessment of the evidence was absurd. Such comments are well within the permissible scope of argument. (People v. Gionis, supra, 9 Cal.4th at p. 1218.)
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