United States v. Jannazzo D. Boyd

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• holding that a prosecutor improperly “relied on evidence not in the record” when she argued that police witnesses would not “jeopardize their careers and risk criminal prosecution” for perjury, and collecting cases
• explaining that had the defendant “testified on his own that the officers were lying, such questions might be proper”
• holding prosecutor improperly vouched for police witnesses when she indicated in closing argument officers would not risk their careers by lying, because this argument relied on evidence not in the record
• explaining that had the defendant “testified on his own that the officers were lying, such questions might be proper”
• holding prosecutor improperly vouched for police witnesses when she indicated in closing argument officers would not risk their careers by lying because this argument relied on evidence not in the record
• noting that “[a] trial court enjoys broad discretion . . . especially in deciding whether to provide requested testimony [to the jury] either in written form, or as read by a court reporter” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).