James Cook v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville, Kentucky

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• holding overwhelming evidence of guilt and a failure to object, coupled with the wide latitude allowed in closing, precludes a finding of manifest injustice
• \it is the responsibility of the [state courts] to police their prosecutors; we have no such authority.\
• in federal trial where no objection made, review Allen charge for plain error
• “it is the responsibility of the [state 594 (1977). We would be unfaithful to this charge if we courts] to police their prosecutors; we have no such acted to supplant the state factfinding process with authority.”
• making the same conclusion after a pervasive character attack

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