Is there any case law where a prosecutor's statement that defense counsel sought to deceive the jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Laguna, F075929 (Cal. App. 2020):
jury would understand the prosecutor's statements as an assertion that defense counsel sought to deceive the jury, misconduct would be established. [Citation.]" (People v. Cummings (1993) 4 Cal.4th 1233, 1302, disapproved on another ground in People v. Merritt (2017) 2 Cal.5th 819, 831.)
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