People v. Fields

In this case we address the propriety of a prosecutor’s questions and closing argument directed to defendant’s efforts to produce the woman who defendant testified had actually committed the assault against his wife for which defendant was charged and ultimately convicted. Finding no basis for the conclusion that the prosecutor’s questions and comments "shifted the burden of proof” to the defendant, we reverse the Court of Appeals decision and remand the case for consideration of the issues not addressed in the original appellate decision.

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During the early morning hours of June 30, 1991,…