Steven McManus v. Mary Vann, Superintendent, Altona Correctional Facility
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor's actions deprived the petitioner of a fair trial?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor ~. ~~ continually referencing matters not.in evidence; her vouching for her witnesses; her acting as an unsworn witness (adding her personal opinions), her attempting to shift the burden of proof . to the defendant; her attacking the defense counsel rather than the evidence; and her mischaracterizing the evidence, deprived = the petitioner of a fair trial? : Whether the prosecutor, knowing the sensative nature of ; the charges presented should have taken special care not to pla on the jury's emotions; and whether her incessant use (64 times) of improper the -. jury and deprived the petitioner of a fair trial given the inflammatory nature of the charges in this case?