Klein v. State

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• holding that it is permissible for the prosecutor to argue to the jury that facts in evidence established that witnesses had or did not have motives to lie
• holding that it is permissible for the prosecutor to argue to the jury that facts in evidence established that witnesses had or did not have motives to lie
• holding that the prosecutor may argue reasonable inferences from evidence presented at trial
• reiterating that the State is permitted to ask the jury to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence
• explaining that it is entirely proper for the prosecutor to argue the evidence presented to the jury, reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence, and witness credibility
• stating that the prosecutors comments were not improper because he reminded the jury that it had been instructed that “nothing counsel might say during the trial was to be considered as evidence in the case”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bongiovi v. Sullivan
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-07-13· cited 121×
• Rhyne v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-16· cited 80×
• State of Iowa v. Randy Mitchell Copenhaver
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-03-21· cited 64×
• State v. Aguilar
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-04-11· cited 28×
• Jain v. McFarland
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-05-07· cited 22×
• Klein v. Warden, Ely State Prison
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-04-16· cited 7×
• Donald v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-04-03· cited 2×
• Conway (Gary) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-09-12
• Ogunbanwo (Olaitan) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-09-16