California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 46 Cal.App.4th 1767, 54 Cal.Rptr.2d 521 (Cal. App. 1996):
The prosecutor's remarks were proper in that they served as "a reminder to the jury that it should not be distracted from the relevant evidence and inferences that might properly and logically be drawn therefrom." (People v. Bell (1989) 49 Cal.3d 502, 538, 262 Cal.Rptr. 1, 778 P.2d 129.) To the extent the argument could have been construed as a personal attack on the integrity of defense counsel, the effects of such an attack could have been cured by an appropriate admonition to the jury had an objection been timely made. Appellant's failure to object constitutes a waiver of the issue on appeal. (Ibid.; People v. Cummings (1993) 4 Cal.4th 1233, 1302, 18 Cal.Rptr.2d 796, 850 P.2d 1.)
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