Culberson v. Clay County

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How courts have described this case

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

• holding that comment regarding absence of evidence to support defendant’s claims did not imply that evidence outside record supported prosecution’s case
• stating that a prosecutor may not inject his or her \own personal opinions\ into closing argument
• stating that a prosecutor may not inject his or her “own personal opinions” into closing argument
• stating that when “the defendant opens the door to an argument, it is fair advocacy for the prosecution to enter” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that even under plain error review, a court should not \affirm a conviction and send a defendant to prison or his death if the record clearly showed that the evidence was insufficient\ (quoting Vizcarra-Martinez, 66 F.3d at 1010)
• noting that even under plain error review, a court should not “affirm a convic- tion and send a defendant to prison or his death if the record clearly showed that the evidence was insufficient” (quoting Vizcarra-Martinez, 66 F.3d at 1010)

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