California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davidson, B223722 (Cal. App. 2012):
We agree with the People that the gist of the prosecutor's argument was to dissuade the jury from using sympathy or pity for appellant as a basis for the verdict. "[T]he prosecutor has wide latitude in describing the deficiencies in opposing counsel's tactics and factual account." (People v. Bemore (2000) 22 Cal.4th 809, 846.) "An argument which does no more than point out that the defense is attempting to confuse the issues and urges the jury to focus on what the prosecution believes is the relevant evidence is not improper." (People v. Cummings (1993) 4 Cal.4th 1233, 1302, fn. 47.)
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