Opinion ID: 1281413
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Heading: Expressions of Personal Belief

Text: (45) As with his arguments regarding prosecutorial misconduct at the guilt phase ( ante, p. 236), defendant asserts that the prosecutor's comments on future dangerousness and courtroom demeanor were improper expressions of his own personal belief. We have held that it is improper for the prosecutor to state his personal belief regarding either defendant's guilt or the appropriateness of the death penalty, based on facts not in evidence. ( People v. Bandhauer (1967) 66 Cal.2d 524, 529 [58 Cal. Rptr. 332, 426 P.2d 900].) ( People v. Ghent, supra, 43 Cal.3d at p. 772, italics in original.) Our scrutiny of the prosecutor's penalty phase arguments discloses no such misconduct. In each instance complained of, his arguments to the jury demonstrate that he was merely presenting his views of deductions and inferences warranted by the evidence. ( People v. Pineiro, supra, 129 Cal. App.3d at p. 924.)