People of Michigan v. Latonya Renae Hobson

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• holding that a “general instruction” “given only after closing arguments had been completed” telling the jury that arguments and statements by lawyers are not evidence did not remedy the statement’s prejudicial effect
• vacating a conviction “because of numerous errors relating to the prosecutor’s misconduct at trial that, considered cumulatively, deprived [the defendants] of a fair proceeding.”
• noting that \comments on credibility not coupled with a more detailed analysis of the evidence convey an impression to the jury that they should simply trust the State's judgment that a witness is or is not credible\ (alteration omitted) (quotation marks omitted)
• noting that “comments on credibility not coupled with a more detailed analysis of the evidence convey an impression to the jury that they should simply trust the State’s judgment that a witness is or is not credible” (alteration omitted) (quotation marks omitted)
• finding a prosecutor engaged in misconduct by questioning a witness about religious prayers and the Ten Commandments
• Prosecutorial misconduct is not flagrant, and therefore does not mandate reversal, when the misconduct is “outweighed by the strength of the government’s evidence.”

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