Melissa Compere v. Nusret Miami, LLC

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• where excluded evidence was not relevant to any “live issue” at trial, .no abuse of discretion
• where the excluded evidence was not relevant to any “live issue” at trial, no abuse of discretion
• improper exploitation by prosecutor where closing remarks on coventurer’s motive “would not have been plausible” had excluded evidence been admitted
• “Counsel may not, in closing, ‘exploit the absence of evidence that had been excluded at his request’ ”
• prosecutor may not refer in closing to matter \that has been excluded from evidence\ and may not \invit[e] an inference from the jury about the same excluded subject matter\ [citations omitted]
• “judge may exclude evidence that is ‘cumulative, repetitive, or confusing’ ”

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