California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thompson, C079011 (Cal. App. 2016):
380 U.S. 609, 615 [14 L.Ed.2d 106, 110].) On the other hand, it is not improper for a prosecutor to "comment upon a defendant's failure 'to introduce material evidence or to call logical witnesses.' " (People v. Wash (1993) 6 Cal.4th 215, 263.) A prosecutor commits misconduct, however, "when he purports to tell the jury why a defense witness did not testify or what the testimony of that witness would have been." (People v. Gaines (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 821, 822.)
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