What is the test for determining whether a prosecutor's comments at a sexual assault trial infected the trial with unfairness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Forrest, 212 Cal.Rptr.3d 848, 7 Cal.App.5th 1074 (Cal. App. 2017):
relevant question is whether the prosecutor's comments so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process. " (Darden v. Wainwright (1986) 477 U.S. 168, 181, 106 S.Ct. 2464, 91 L.Ed.2d 144.)
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