DeFreitas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that comparison of case to O.J. Simpson case “coupled with reference to [defendant] as a stalker, possessive ex-boyfriend who disapproved of his ex-girlfriend’s friends” violated rule against inflammatory argument
• concluding that prosecutorial misconduct, “deprived the defendant of a fair trial in this otherwise close case” and observing that “said conduct may very well have tipped the scales in favor of the State.”
• concluding that prosecutorial misconduct, \deprived the defendant of a fair trial in this otherwise close case\ and observing that \said conduct may very well have tipped the scales in favor of the State.\
• new trial required where numerous acts of prosecutorial misconduct were of such a nature and character that the cumulative and collective effect rose to the level of fundamental error
• prosecutor must seek justice \with the circumspection and dignity the occasion calls for\
• improper to compare the defendant’s facts to specific facts in the O.J. Simpson case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).