Legal Opinion

People v. Morales

California Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 2001No. S059461PublishedCited by 162 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*37Opinion

MOSK, J.

We granted review to decide whether a prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct in his summation to the jury in a criminal case. We conclude that the prosecutor’s actions do not require that defendant’s conviction be reversed.

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In an information filed December 8, 1995, defendant was charged with violating Health and Safety Code section 11377, subdivision (a), by possessing phencyclidine (PCP). (See also id., § 11055, subd. (e)(3)(A).) It was alleged that he had two prior (Pen. Code, § 667, subds. (b)-(i); id., § 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) robbery (id., § 211) convictions and had…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. People v. GreenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Pennsylvania v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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  5. People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

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