Editing Patty Hearst (section)

===Closing arguments===
In his closing argument, prosecutor Browning suggested that Hearst had taken part in the bank robbery without coercion.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite news|date=March 19, 1976|title=Jury To Begin Weighing Patty's Fate Today|newspaper=Morning Record|location=Meriden, CT}}</ref> Browning, who later became a judge, also suggested to the jury that as the female SLA members were feminists, they would not have allowed Hearst to be raped.<ref name="Patty Hearst Trial 1976"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/>

In her autobiography, Hearst expressed disappointment with what she saw as Bailey's lack of focus in the crucial end stage of her trial. She described him as having the appearance of someone with a hangover, and spilling water down the front of his pants while making a "disjointed" closing argument.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hearst|first1=Patricia Campbell|last2=Moscow|first2=Alvin|title=Patty Hearst: Her Own Story|publisher=Corgi/Avon|year=1988|pages=442–443|isbn=9780380706518}}</ref> Bailey's final statement to the court was, "But simple application of the rules, I think, will yield one decent result, and, that is, there is not anything close to proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Patty Hearst wanted to be a bank robber. What you know, and you know in your hearts to be true is beyond dispute. There was talk about her dying, and she wanted to survive."<ref name="ReferenceB"/>