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Coreas v. United States

Citations

  • 565 A.2d 594
  • 1989 D.C. App. LEXIS 211
  • 1989 WL 129338

How courts have described this case

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

  • assessing “whether the totality of the several instances of prosecutorial misconduct is prejudicial enough to warrant reversal”
  • reversing conviction for improper prosecutorial argument despite the lack of a timely objection
  • “The prosecutor will exceed the line of permissible comment on the evidence by misstating or mischaracterizing the evidence.”
  • “At a minimum, the trial judge should strive during reinstruction to achieve the ideal of a neutral, balanced instruction.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • finding error in prosecutorial theory far-attenuated from evidence presented

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Newman, Schwelb

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Cites

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