Silva v. Nightingale

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• counsel expressed personal opinions and made a comment about chiropractors not based on any evidence
• prosecutor improperly expressed his personal opinion, either directly or by inference, as to credibility of witnesses and commented on matters not in evidence
• comments must be so pervasive as to sway jury from dispassionate consideration
• where counsel only objected to two of five improper comments, reversal was warranted because the combined effect of misconduct was so extensive that its influence pervaded the trial, gravely impairing calm and dispassionate consideration of the evidence and merits by the jury

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