What is the test for determining whether a prosecutor's misstatement in summation is sufficient to overturn a conviction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S.A. v. Williams, 205 F.3d 23 (2nd Cir. 1999):
"The government has broad latitude in the inferences it may reasonably suggest to the jury during summation." United States v. Casamento, 887 F.2d 1141, 1189 (2d Cir. 1989). We have stated that "we will not lightly overturn a conviction solely on the basis of a prosecutor's misstatement in summation." United States v. Cruz, 797 F.2d 90, 93 n.1 (2d Cir. 1986).
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