175 Conn. App. 642 - State v. Walton’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “Our jurisprudence concerning prosecutorial impropriety during closing argument is well established. [I]n analyzing claims of prosecutorial [impropriety], we engage in a two step analytical process. The two steps are separate and distinct: (1) whether [impropriety] occurred in the first instance; and (2) whether that [impropriety] deprived a defendant of his due process right to a fair trial. Put differently, [impropriety] is [impropriety], regardless of its ultimate effect on the fairness of the trial; whether that [impropriety] caused or contributed to a due process violation is a separate and distinct question .... [W]hen a defendant raises on appeal a claim that improper remarks by the prosecutor deprived the defendant of his constitutional right to a fair trial, the burden is on the defendant to show ... that the remarks were improper ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 406 - State v. Artiaco

2. “Furthermore, prosecutors are not permitted to misstate the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 Conn. App. 537 - State v. Jerrell R.