Boyd v. Pernicano

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that counsel's inappropriate statements are given more weight when a notable conflict in the evidence exists
• concluding that counsel’s inappropriate statements are given more weight when a notable conflict in the evidence exists
• improper to ask the jurors to place themselves in the shoes of the victim because such argument interferes with the objectivity of the jury
• improper to ask the jurors to place themselves in the shoes of the victim because such argument interferes with the objectivity of the jury
• \If there appears to be a sharp conflict in the evidence upon essential issues the error is treated as having more significance in the jury's decisional process than if the case is a one-sided affair.\
• “If there appears to be a sharp conflict in the evidence upon essential issues the error is treated as having more significance in the jury’s decisional process than if the case is a one-sided affair.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).