Is it improper for a prosecutor to misstate the law generally and particularly the prosecution's burden of proving every element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Glaude, F076021 (Cal. App. 2019):
It is improper for the prosecutor to misstate the law generally, and particularly to misstate the prosecution's burden of proving every element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt. (See People v. Hill (1998) 17 Cal.4th 800, 820.) "'"[I]t is difficult, if not impossible, to give a precise and intelligible definition of what a reasonable doubt is,
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