People v. Gorosteata

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• finding that the challenged comments made by the prosecutor were “minor and transitory” and therefore did not deny defendant a fair trial
• finding that the challenged comments made by the prosecutor were “minor and transitory” and therefore did not deny defendant a fair trial
• finding that defendant failed to make substantial preliminary showing in part because the affidavits accompanying his request for Franks hearing did not show that officer deliberately included false statements in his warrant affidavit
• finding that the State’s improper comments during closing argument did not rise to the level of plain error where the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was overwhelming and where the improper comments were “minor and transitory”
• finding that the State’s improper comments during closing argument did not rise to the level of plain error where the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was overwhelming and where the improper comments were “minor and transitory”
• citing, inter alia, United States v. Young, 470 U.S. 1, 12-13 (1985) (“if the prosecution’s remarks were ‘invited’ and did no more than respond substantially in order to ‘right the scale,’ such comments would not warrant reversing a conviction”)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).