STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GERALDO RIVERA
A-4887-11T1
We reverse defendant's convictions because of the cumulative prejudicial impact of the prosecutor's litigation tactics. The misconduct addressed, among other things, includes: the prosecutor's use of a PowerPoint presentation during opening statements that ended with a slide displaying defendant's photograph and a declaration of his guilt of the crimes charged; the prosecutor's climbing into the jury box during defense counsel's cross-examination of the State's first witness; and the prosecutor's violation of a pre-trial order requiring sanitization of the defendant's prior convictions.
