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· 6/3/2014

Bruce Ryan v. State of Indiana

Citations

  • 9 N.E.3d 663
  • 2014 WL 2498308
  • 2014 Ind. LEXIS 453

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a claim of prosecutorial misconduct involves both a showing that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct placed the defendant in a position of grave peril
  • finding no fundamental error resulting from prosecutorial misconduct where jury was properly instructed that arguments of counsel were not evidence
  • “To preserve a claim of prosecutorial misconduct, the defendant must—at the time the alleged misconduct occurs—request an admonishment to the jury, and if further relief is desired, move for a mistrial.”

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Judges: Dickson, David, Massa, Rush, Rucker

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