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State v. Phillips

Citations

  • 226 N.W.2d 16
  • 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 942

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  • holding counsel cannot introduce evidence in a final argument
  • holding counsel cannot introduce evidence in a final argument
  • finding counsel “has no right to create evidence by his [closing] argument”
  • not necessary to move for a mistrial to preserve error when defendant’s objections were overruled by the court
  • allowing prosecutors some latitude in analyzing evidence in closing arguments

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Judges: Moore, Mason, Legrand, Rees, Reynold-Son

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