649 So. 2d 683 - State v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “This Court has stated, as a general matter, that a prosecutor retains considerable latitude in making closing arguments. [Citations omitted.] Even when we have found that a prosecutor has exceeded that latitude, the Court has often criticized the improper arguments without finding that they constitute reversible error. [Citations omitted.] Specifically, this Court will not overturn a guilty verdict on the basis of improper argument unless we are ‘firmly convinced that the jury was influenced by the remarks and that they contributed to the verdict.’ [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 687 So. 2d 489 - State v. Akins

2. “difference between God's law and man's law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 671 So. 2d 307 - State v. Armstrong