P. v. Roberts CA2/5
A jury found defendant and appellant Leroy Roberts guilty of first degree residential burglary. On appeal, defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion when it would not permit defense counsel to discuss three well-publicized cases of police shootings of African-American males and instructed the jury to disregard counsel’s comments about those unrelated cases.
We find no abuse of discretion in limiting the argument of counsel because the trial court allowed counsel to nevertheless make the central point of that argument without further specific reference to the three cases. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
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