United States v. Ronald Lester Johnson

How courts have described this case

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• holding improper prosecutor's urging jury in narcotics case to act as a \bulwark against . . . putting this poison on the streets\
• reversing jury verdict based on prosecutorial misconduct where evidence of guilt was “far from overwhelming”
• determining that the prosecution’s request for the jury to “ ‘stand as a bulwark against’ ” the continuation of the defendant’s drug dealing was an inflammatory and improper appeal to be the conscience of the community
• finding improper the prosecutor’s statement urging jurors in a narcotics case to “stand as a bulwark against .. . putting this poison on the streets”
• reversing a conviction based on prosecutor’s improper comments during the rebuttal phase of closing arguments
• declaring “[i]f the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, an improper argument is less likely to affect the jury verdict.”

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