State v. Guritz

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that defense counsel opened the door for the state to comment on defendant’s silence when he argued that defendant didn’t explain his actions to officer because officer never afforded defendant the opportunity
• noting that a “defendant may only introduce evidence of a ‘pertinent trait’ of character, and whether a trait is pertinent depends on the nature of the crime charged”
• stating that “[t]he prosecutor has the right * * * to reply to argument made by opposing counsel, and, in doing so, statements may be made which otherwise would be improper”
• defense counsel “opened the door” to comment about the defendant’s termination of police interview by invocation of his right to remain silent by “criticizing the lack of depth of the interview”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).