James G. Kappos v. Craig Hanks

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• holding the prosecutor’s comments during closing argument that the defendant was a murderer and artful liar, while questionable, “were essentially a commentary on the credibility issue” before the jury and did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation
• “But the fact that an arrest had not yet occurred does not render Doyle inapplicable.”
• “[T]he fact that an arrest ha[s] not yet occurred does not render Doyle inapplicable.”
• no default where state court discussed waiver principles but then proceeded to address merits
• prosecutor's characterizations taken as commentary on issue of defendant's credibility

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