Michigan Supreme Court· 8/22/1995

People v. Fields

Citations

450 Mich. 94
538 N.W.2d 356

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agreeing with appellate opinion reasoning that the prosecution may observe that the defense failed to “prove[] what it said it would in its opening statement”
providing as a partial explanation of why the prosecutorial cross-examination at issue in that case was proper because the prosecutor had not suggested that the defendant had a duty to produce an alleged witness
a criminal defendant may rely on the presumption of innocence, in which case “no reference or comment may be made regarding defendant’s failure to testify”
a criminal defendant may rely on the presumption of innocence, in which case “no reference or comment may be made regarding defendant’s failure to testify”
“[O]nce the defendant advances evidence or a theory, argument on the inferences created does not shift the burden of proof.”
a prosecutor may comment on a defendant’s failure to “prove[] what it said it would in its opening statement”

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Judges: Boyle, Brickley, Cavanagh, Levin, Mallett, Riley, Weaver

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