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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding, albeit in a preserved pos- ture, that a prosecutor’s statements in voir dire necessitated a mistrial
• during voir dire, the prosecutor undermined the pre- sumption of innocence and conditioned the jury to believe that the defendant was obviously guilty
• further noting that prosecutorial comments that distort the presumption of innocence may be made “directly” or “through targeted innuendo”
• the defendant was deprived of a fair trial where the prosecutor undermined the pre- sumption of innocence and conditioned the jury to believe that the defendant was obviously guilty
• the defendant was deprived of a fair trial where the prosecutor undermined the pre- sumption of innocence and conditioned the jury to believe that the defendant was obviously guilty
• “Prosecutorial statements that distort the presumption of innocence can necessitate a mistrial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).