What is the test for determining whether a prosecutor's failure to read the jury instructions in closing arguments is 'significance to result in the denial of a defendant's right to a fair trial'?
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The following excerpt is from Medeiros v. Rackley, Case No. 1:16-cv-01644-SAB-HC (E.D. Cal. 2018):
significance to result in the denial of the defendant's right to a fair trial.'" Greer, 483 U.S. at 765 (quoting United States v. Bagley, 473 U.S. 667, 676 (1985)). "[T]he touchstone of due process analysis in cases of alleged prosecutorial misconduct is the fairness of the trial, not the culpability of the prosecutor." Smith v. Phillips, 455 U.S. 209, 219 (1982).
3. Display of Jury Instructions During Closing Argument
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