State v. Nakoa

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when the prosecutor’s comments were taken in context they merely requested that the jurors rely on their own observations, common sense, etc., in examining the credibility of the officers
• affirming a trial court’s use of a jury instruction that read, “[u]nder our law ‘custody’ means restraint by a public servant pursuant to arrest or detention.” (emphasis added)
• “[Rjesisting arrest relates to a person who has not submitted to the custody and control of the arresting officer ... [while] escape ... requires that the arrest be completed before the defendant is deemed to be in custody.”
• defendant contended that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial; court held that the prosecutor’s comments were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
• prosecutor's improper comment on the credibility of a police witness during rebuttal argument held to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
• defendant contended that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial; court held that the prosecutor's comments were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

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