· 6/18/2008
Dunn v. Sears
Citations
- 561 F. Supp. 2d 444
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47615
- 2008 WL 2485431
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “If there is clear evidence of guilt, prosecutorial misconduct on summation is considered harmless error.”
- “If there is clear evidence of guilt, prosecutorial misconduct on summation is considered harmless error.”
- severity of improper comments mitigated where the comments were “brief and isolated” and “not repeated after a sustained objection”
- “It is well-settled that the propriety of comments made by a prosecutor on summation generally does not present a federal constitutional violation”
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Judges: Victor Marrero
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