Herring v. New York, No. 73-6587 (U.S. Supreme Court) (422 U.S. 853; 95 S.Ct. 2550) (June 30, 1975) (Justice Stewart)
In this case the Court set out the principle that the "closing argument for the defense is a basic element of the adversary fact finding process in a criminal trial." (Id., at 858). Thus, "it has universally been held that counsel for the defense has a right to make a ...
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