State v. Stegman

How courts have described this case

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• concluding it was improper for prosecutor to argue during closing that defense strategy did not serve “a truth-seeking function”
• stating defendant waived any objection to curative instruction because he did not timely object to its content
• noting the trial court is granted \considerable deference\ in instructing the jury
• noting the trial court is granted “considerable deference” in instructing the jury
• trial court has latitude to permit counsel to respond to opposing counsel’s closing argument
• trial court has latitude to permit counsel to respond to opposing counsel’s closing argument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).