State v. Naputi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “reading comments in isolation can frequently be misleading as to the message that the prosecutor was conveying to the jury”
• holding that \an instruction enabling the power of jury nullification could not survive because it undermined the traditional functions of the court and the jury\
• holding prosecutor's comment on defense's subpoena power did not impermissibly shift burden of proof as it was a reasonable response to defense argument faulting State for not calling witness
• declining to reach issue on appeal where it was not adequately argued in the district court
• juries possess power to decide case contrary to applicable facts and law, i.e., power of jury nullification, but defendant not entitled to instruction on power
• misuse of the word \corroborate\ was not gross and flagrant misconduct or the product of ill will

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).