Court Opinion

ID: 9609637
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:29:21.825193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:03:19.176276
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*22Justice MEYER
concurring.
I concur with the majority that the sum of all the prosecutor’s statements and actions warrants a new sentencing proceeding in this case. I wish to make it clear, however, that I do not attribute the conduct of the prosecutor to any intentional course of conduct on his part. I consider the actions and statements of the prosecutor to be a natural, though unrestrained, manifestation of the high emotion of this capital trial.
The majority opinion, of necessity, addresses and examines only examples of conduct on the part of the prosecution in this case that represent a crossing of the line of fairness. I fear, however, that in focusing our attention so carefully on these incidents only and in our failure to allude to any example of propriety or fairness exhibited by the prosecutor, it may appear to the reader that this Court believes that the prosecutor intentionally engaged in a bad faith effort to subvert the fairness of the trial. I do not believe that this was the case.
Justices MITCHELL and PARKER join in this concurring opinion.