Arizona Supreme Court· 3/4/1993

State v. Herrera

Citations

850 P.2d 100
174 Ariz. 387
135 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 23
1993 Ariz. LEXIS 28

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concluding that “prosecutor’s statements about justice and protecting society” were not improper
finding evidence relating to the identity of the shooter irrelevant when defendant convicted of felony murder and acquitted of premeditated murder
finding no misconduct where prosecutor urged jurors “to do justice” if burden of proof was met
finding prosecutor’s statements in closing of the guilt phase about justice and protecting society proper; statements did not improperly urge jurors to convict defendant for reasons irrelevant to his guilt or innocence
declining to address trial court’s exclusion of hearsay evidence when defendant did not offer it into evidence and no copy of it made part of the record
explaining the latitude afforded counsel is not unlimited and a prosecutor may not use “his remarks to inflame the minds of jurors with passion or prejudice”

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