· 1/23/2020
Andrew Cirko v. Commissioner Social Security
Citations
- 948 F.3d 148
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that prosecutor committed misconduct by informing the jury “that acquittal was appropriate only if the jury believed [the defendant]”
- noting that improper conduct must also prejudice defendant by a substantial likelihood it affected the jury verdict
- holding it was flagrant and ill-intentioned misconduct for a prosecutor to present slides of the defendant's booking photograph with words like \'GUILTY'\ and \'WHY SHOULD YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS ABOUT THE ASSAULT?\' superimposed over the photograph in bold red letters
- \deciding whether reversal is required is not a matter of whether there is sufficient evidence to justify upholding the verdicts\
- holding it was flagrant and ill-intentioned misconduct for a prosecutor to present slides of the defendant's booking photograph with words like \GUILTY\ and \WHY SHOULD YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS ABOUT THE ASSAULT?'\superimposed over the photograph in bold red letters
- applying \flagrant and ill intentioned\ standard where defense counsel did 12 No. 32968-2-III State v. Barela (2012
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