in Re Commitment of Malcom Barrham Nolan

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• single inaccuracy in prosecutor’s closing argument tempered by strong weight of evidence and judge’s instructions and would have made no difference in jury’s verdict
• “It is well established that there may be more than one proximate cause of a victim’s death”
• judge’s repeated instructions regarding opening statements and closing arguments “ensured that the jury understood their role as the sole fact finders and were aware that nothing said in closing arguments was to be considered as evidence”
• jury presumed to follow the judge’s instructions
• jury presumed to follow instructions
• jury presumed to follow instructions

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