Is it error for a prosecutor to suggest that a reasonable account of the evidence satisfies the prosecutor's burden of proof?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Centeno, 180 Cal.Rptr.3d 649, 338 P.3d 938, 60 Cal.4th 659 (Cal. 2014):
Conversely, it is error for the prosecutor to suggest that a reasonable account of the evidence satisfies the prosecutor's burden of proof. In State v. Sappington (2007) 285 Kan. 176, 169 P.3d 1107, the prosecutor told
[60 Cal.4th 673]
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