State v. Acker

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• deeming inappropriate \the prosecutor's argument that it was the function of the jury to protect young victims of alleged sexual offenses as a group\ and the implication jurors would violate their oaths by failing to convict the defendant
• reversing A-0254-18 26 because prosecutor knowingly made baseless arguments that defendant was intoxicated during a sexual assault of a minor, told jurors to believe all victims if they believed one, and argued the jury's function was to protect young sexual assault victims
• a prosecutor may not argue conclusions not reasonably drawn from the evidence or which rely upon a false foundation
• \'A prosecutor is not permitted to cast unjustified aspersions' on defense counsel or the defense.\ (quoting State v. Lockett, 249 N.J. Super. 428, 434 (App. Div. 1991))

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