MANUAL ON RECURRING PROBLEMS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS - 2001
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Part VI. Argument - Part VI(B). Final Argument

        Part VI(B) 1. Right To Final Argument

        Part VI(B) 1a    Right To Final Argument: General Principles

MANUAL ON RECURRING PROBLEMS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS - 2001

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Chapter 272 Summation/Closing Argument To Jury

Denial of the defendant's opportunity for final argument abridges the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to present a defense no matter how strong the case for the prosecution may appear to the court.

Patty v. Bordenkircher, 603 F.2d 587 (6th Cir. 1979)