People v. Vance

In People v. Vance (2010) 188 Cal.App.4th 1182, the prosecutor told the jury (over objections that the trial court repeatedly sustained) that "in order for you as jurors to do your job, you have to walk in the murder victim's shoes. You have to literally relive in your mind's eye and in your feelings what he experienced the night he was murdered." (Id. at p. 1194.) "'There's nothing more terrifying than a feeling of not being able to breathe. You're totally trapped. . . . You don't know what's going on. How long are you conscious in this situation? When do you know to fight? When do you get to fight? What are you thinking to yourself at that time, what did I do, why me. This hurts." (Ibid.)