1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal procedure; providing for rebuttal 
  1.3             argument by the prosecution; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, section 631.07. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 631.07, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      631.07 [ORDER OF FINAL ARGUMENT.] 
  1.9      When the giving of evidence is concluded in a criminal 
  1.10  trial, unless the case is submitted on both sides without 
  1.11  argument, the prosecution may make a closing argument to the 
  1.12  jury.  The defense may then make its closing argument to the 
  1.13  jury.  ~~On the motion~~ Upon request of the prosecution, the court 
  1.14  ~~may~~ shall permit the prosecution to reply in rebuttal ~~if the~~ 
  1.15  ~~court determines that the defense has made in its closing~~ 
  1.16  ~~argument a misstatement of law or fact or a statement that is~~ 
  1.17  ~~inflammatory or prejudicial~~.  The rebuttal must be limited to a 
  1.18  direct response to ~~the misstatement of law or fact or the~~ 
  1.19  ~~inflammatory or prejudicial statement~~ statements of law or fact 
  1.20  made by the defense in its closing argument.