Nevada Supreme Court· 4/30/1996

Whitney v. State

Citations

112 Nev. 499
915 P.2d 881
1996 Nev. LEXIS 77

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recognizing that a prosecutor impermissibly shifts the burden of proof by commenting \on the defense's failure to produce evidence or call witnesses\
holding that it was impermissible for the prosecution to ask the jury in its closing argument to consider why the defense had not called any of the potential eyewitnesses
reiterating that comments on a defendant's failure to produce evidence or call witnesses impermissibly shifts the burden of proof to the defense
reiterating that comments on a defendant’s failure to 16 produce evidence or call witnesses impermissibly shifts the burden of proof to the defense
providing that \it is generally improper for a prosecutor to comment on the defense's failure to produce evidence\
reversing a conviction after prosecutor \repeatedly call [ed] attention to the defenses lack of witnesses\

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Judges: Rose, Shearing, Springer, Steffen, Young

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