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State v. Anderson

Citations

  • 220 P.3d 1273

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  • holding that a prosecutor may properly argue that the State has \met and exceeded\ its burden of proof
  • holding that this court presumes juries follow the trial court’s instructions
  • holding that prosecutor’s comments were improper but not prejudicial
  • finding that, in context, prosecutor's comments characterizing the defendant's testimony as \'ridiculous'\ and that the State's witnesses were \'just telling the truth'\ were not expressions of personal opinion
  • “The trial court’s instructions regarding the presumption of innocence minimized any negative impact on the jury”
  • defendant did not demonstrate improper fill-in-the-blank argument was so flagrant or ill intentioned as to result in incurable prejudice

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Judges: Penoyar

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