Donnelly v. De Christoforo, No. 72-1570 (U.S. Supreme Court) (416 U.S. 637; 94 S.Ct. 1868) (May 13, 1974) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the Court reversed a lower court decision that had held that a prosecutor's comments during summation were improper and prejudicial, based on its examination of the entire proceedings and the curative instructions given.
In this case, during the course of a joint first-degree murder trial, respondent's codefendant pleaded guilty ...
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