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· 3/28/2024

Delester Scott v. Steven Maisos

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  • finding despite numerous references to the defendant as a \killer\ that the entire trial was not so fundamentally unfair as to amount to a deprivation of due process, in part because the prosecutor's statements did not manipulate or misstate the evidence
  • rejecting abandonment argument where petitioner's appeal was decided before doctrine was propounded
  • finding despite numerous references to the defendant as a \killer\ that the entire trial was not so fundamentally unfair as to amount to a deprivation of due process, in part because the prosecutor's statements did not manipulate or misstate the evidence
  • finding identification by victim reliable, although victim had been drinking and using amphetamines and the assault was outside in the predawn hours, the defendant had been only two feet away from defendant at one point and victim had confronted defendant at trial only six months after line-up

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