State v. Watson
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The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction and reversed the judgment of the district court based on the jury verdict, holding that the prosecutor misstated both the law and the evidence during trial and that the prosecutorial errors substantially prejudiced Defendant and deprived him of a fair trial.
Defendant was convicted of one count of making a false claim to the Medicaid program for having submitted inaccurate time sheets as part of his employment with a home health-care agency enrolled with Medicaid. The district court ordered Defendant to pay $13,077 in restitution. The court of appeals affirmed Defendant's conviction but vacated the restitution order. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that two errors committed by the State during closing argument deprived Defendant of a fair trial.
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