Birdseye v. Goddard

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• invalidating closing plea that the members of the jury not “be fooled” occurring within long harangue appealing to jury's passions and prejudices regarding fear of crime in the community and warning jury it could free the defendant but “it might be one of you next time.”
• arguments which invite the jury to consider dangerous conditions on the streets divert the jury’s inquiry away from a factual determination; hence, they are improper

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