State v. Ruffino

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the inquiry on appeal is whether the prosecutor’s comments in closing prejudiced the jury
• noting that the 14 protection against testimony regarding a defendant’s silence does not protect a 15 defendant who raises the issue
• noting that all three 10 requirements must be met—custody and control, established police regulations, and 11 reasonableness
• identifying inventory searches as an exception to warrant requirements and observing the widespread recognition of the doctrine
• “That the prosecutor can refer to the defendant’s failure to testify if the door is opened by the defense, is well supported by case law.”
• “The items in the trunk included grocery bags, clothing, a radio, repair items and a twelve-gauge shotgun with shells.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).