Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.
In this case we hold that a prosecutor commits misconduct when he purports to tell the jury why a defense witness did not testify and what the testimony of that witness would have been.
BACKGROUND
The victim, John Rutledge, testified that he was riding his bicycle home from work about midnight. Near the corner of Tennessee and Tuolumne
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