context: While such a characterization is improper, it did not, in this case, constitute plain error.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: in rape case, prosecutor s statements that defendant picked out, stalked, and captured his victim like a predator was not plain error
citation_a.sentence: See People v. Williams, 146 Ill. App.3d 767, 100 Ill.Dec. 399, 497 N.E.2d 377 (1986) (in rape case, prosecutor s statements that defendant picked out, stalked, and captured his victim like a predator was not plain error); see also United States v. Tullos, 868 F.2d 689 (5th Cir.1989) (prosecutor’s comments, based on record evidence, that defendants were “liars” and “a crooked lawyer” who spoke with a “serpent’s tongue” were not plain error); Tennant v. State, 786 P.2d 339 (Wyo.1990) (prosecution’s reference to defendant as “leech,” a “blood sucker,” and “a predator on society” was not plain error in light of the evidence and trial counsel’s failure to object); State v. Williams, 630 S.W.2d 117 (Mo.App.1981) (reference to defendant as “sex animal who thinks he’s doing a girl a favor and shows no remorse” was not plain error based on facts of attack); and De-Pauw v. State, 658 S.W.2d 628 (Tex.App. 1983) (closing argument that defendant was “a shark [who] was swimming in that sea of troubled humanity [and] who silently, selectively, stalked, and slew his victim” was not plain error).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: prosecutor's comments, based on record evidence, that defendants were "liars" and "a crooked lawyer" who spoke with a "serpent's tongue" were not plain error
citation_b.sentence: See People v. Williams, 146 Ill. App.3d 767, 100 Ill.Dec. 399, 497 N.E.2d 377 (1986) (in rape case, prosecutor s statements that defendant picked out, stalked, and captured his victim like a predator was not plain error); see also United States v. Tullos, 868 F.2d 689 (5th Cir.1989) (prosecutor’s comments, based on record evidence, that defendants were “liars” and “a crooked lawyer” who spoke with a “serpent’s tongue” were not plain error); Tennant v. State, 786 P.2d 339 (Wyo.1990) (prosecution’s reference to defendant as “leech,” a “blood sucker,” and “a predator on society” was not plain error in light of the evidence and trial counsel’s failure to object); State v. Williams, 630 S.W.2d 117 (Mo.App.1981) (reference to defendant as “sex animal who thinks he’s doing a girl a favor and shows no remorse” was not plain error based on facts of attack); and De-Pauw v. State, 658 S.W.2d 628 (Tex.App. 1983) (closing argument that defendant was “a shark [who] was swimming in that sea of troubled humanity [and] who silently, selectively, stalked, and slew his victim” was not plain error).