Fozze Bear, stands convicted for the heinous murder of Miss Piggy. Your supervising attorney is filing an appeal based, in part, on negative comments made by the prosecutor regarding Mr. Bear. Apparently, prosecution referred to the defendant as “evil-doer” and a “son of the Devil” during her closing arguments. On this issue, your office asserts prosecutorial misconduct. The respondent counter-argues that counsel for the defense opened the door to these characterizations when, in his own closing argument, he stated that, “certainly, whoever committed this act is a devil’s spawn.”

    i. Locate and correctly cite relevant secondary authority

    ii. Provide your exact search query – Include database id

    iii. State the legal issue/s involved after studying the information therein

    iv. Locate an on point case from the 3rd Circuit of the US Court of Appeals

    v. Review the Court’s Holdings and the relevant headnote from the opinion. Does the case appear to work for or against your client?