Michigan Court of Appeals· 6/27/2001

People v. Watson

Citations

629 N.W.2d 411
245 Mich. App. 572

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holding that the prosecutor exceeded the bounds of proper argument by suggesting that defense counsel used “red herrings” to distract the jury from the truth
holding that the prosecutor exceeded the bounds of proper argument by suggesting that defense counsel used “ ‘red herrings’ ” to distract the jury from the truth
holding that “[a]n appellant may not merely announce his position and leave it to this Court to discover and rationalize the basis for his claims”
holding that “[a]n appellant may not merely announce his position and leave it to this Court to discover and rationalize the basis for his claims”
holding that reversal was not warranted when the prosecutor’s improper comment was isolated, not blatant, and not so inflammatory as to cause prejudice to the defendant
recognizing that a curative instruction to the jury that it could not be swayed by sympathy or prejudice adequately protected the defendant’s right to a fair trial

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Judges: Cavanagh, Talbot, Meter

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