In a medical malpractice case, in the context of sexual assault allegations, is there any case law where a jury was instructed to consider the evidence in the closing argument?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. St. Andrew, 101 Cal.App.3d 450, 161 Cal.Rptr. 634 (Cal. App. 1980):

This evidence was received without benefit of any limiting instruction as to its relevance. (Cf. People v. Williams (1970) 11 Cal.App.3d 970, 978, 90 Cal.Rptr. 292.) In his closing argument to the jury, the prosecutor made repeated reference to the evidence as "suggest(ing) something about (defendant's) character, his motive, and the other issues in this case," as demonstrating that the defendant had an "unnatural sex interest" in the patients on the floor, as lending credibility to the testimony of the prosecutrix, and as demonstrating that the defendant was not a reliable witness.

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