Opinion ID: 158651
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Expressing Personal Opinion About Petitioner's Guilt

Text: 94 The prosecutor told the jury the odds that petitioner committed the crime are a quarter of a million to one. Petitioner argues that this statement jeopardized his right to be tried based on the evidence presented and instead indicated the jury should trust the government's judgment over its own view of the evidence. See id. at 18-19. 95 The federal district court determined this comment did not implicate any due process violations. See Duvall, 139 F.3d at 794. Although the prosecutor should not have expressed his personal opinion regarding guilt, there is no suggestion that, in doing so, he relied on evidence beyond that presented at trial. See Young, 470 U.S. at 19. Moreover, the prosecutor also remarked that the jury should find petitioner guilty based on the evidence and not because the prosecution said he was guilty. 96