Commonwealth v. Judy

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that in evaluating a claim of prosecutorial misconduct, the relevant question is whether the defendant received a fair trial, not a perfect one
• holding that statements forming the basis for alleged prosecutorial misconduct are reviewed within their greater context
• holding the prosecutor may fairly respond to comments made by defense counsel during closing and may draw fair inferences from the evidence presented
• noting that the trial court has the discretion to grant a mistrial in response to an overly prejudicial event
• observing that a mistrial is an extreme remedy
• denying a challenge for prosecutorial misconduct for bolstering the credibility of the witness to the jury because the contested statements are a “fair response to the defense argument” which degraded the character of the witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).