Michigan Court of Appeals· 5/4/2004

People v. Thomas

Citations

678 N.W.2d 631
260 Mich. App. 450

How courts have described this case

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

noting that defendant must make a contemporaneous objection to preserve the issue of prosecutorial misconduct
stating that “a prosecutor may comment on his own witnesses’ credibility during closing argument, especially when there is conflicting evidence and the question of the defendant’s guilt depends on which witnesses the jury believes”
“[T]he prosecutor is permitted to argue the evidence and all reasonable inferences arising from it”
“The cocaine weighed slightly over 201 grams and had an estimated street value of $20,000.”
“[A] prosecutor may comment on his own witnesses’ credibility during closing argument, especially when there is conflicting evidence and the question of the defendant’s guilt depends on which witnesses the jury believes.”
“Counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a futile objection.”

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Judges: Owens, Schuette, Borrello

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