People v. Katzenberger

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the prosecutor’s use of an image depicting an eight- piece puzzle with six pieces in place inappropriately suggested the reasonable doubt standard could be quantified
• finding misconduct for the analogy of an eight piece jigsaw puzzle of the Statute of Liberty
• finding that image of puzzle depicting Statute of Liberty “le[ft] the distinct impression that the reasonable doubt standard may be met by a few pieces of evidence” and thus “invite[d] the jury to guess or jump to a conclusion”
• criticizing puzzle analogy but concluding that misconduct was not prejudicial because the jury was properly instructed and the evidence against the defendant was strong
• criticizing puzzle analogy but concluding that misconduct was not prejudicial because the jury was properly instructed and the evidence against the defendant was strong
• prosecutor displayed image of partially completed puzzle depicting Statute of Liberty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).