Lester v. Mann

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• concluding that prosecutorial misconduct, including invoking the Bible and using the phrase “an eye for an eye” during closing argument, along with other errors, “created a negative synergistic effect” that deprived the defendant of a fair trial
• noting that under the circumstances of that case, prosecutor's threat of perjury conviction to defense witness constituted prosecutorial misconduct
• stating that the “taking” element of section 211 has two components: (1) gaining control over the property; and (2) asportation
• finding that \cumulative prejudice flowing from the combination of prosecutorial misconduct and other errors rendered defendant's trial fundamentally unfair\ and reversing judgment of guilt
• finding that “cumulative prejudice flowing from the combination of prosecutorial misconduct and other errors rendered defendant’s trial fundamentally unfair” and reversing judgment of guilt
• using term “prosecutorial error” because “the term prosecutorial ‘misconduct’ is somewhat of a misnomer to the extent that it suggests a prosecutor must act with a culpable state of mind”

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