California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cornejo, B285901 (Cal. App. 2018):
instructed the jurors they must follow the law as instructed, rather than consider any comments by the attorneys that conflicted with the trial court's instructions (CALCRIM No. 200). The trial court further instructed that nothing the attorneys said, including their questions and opening and closing arguments, was evidence (CALCRIM No. 222). These admonishments were sufficient to thwart any potential confusion raised by the prosecutor's statements. (See People v. Barnett (1998) 17 Cal.4th 1044, 1157.)
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