Is there a reasonable likelihood that a prosecutor's comment at the closing argument was directed solely at the persuasive force of defense counsel's closing argument?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mills, A145785 (Cal. App. 2016):
prosecutor's comment was aimed solely at the persuasive force of defense counsel's closing argument, and not at counsel personally"], disapproved of on another ground by People v. Doolin (2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 421, fn. 22.) There is no "reasonable likelihood" the jurors understood it otherwise. (Mendoza, at p. 701.)
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