California Supreme Court
Jul. 27, 2011
Jury instruction remains murky
A statewide committee is refusing to change a criminal jury instruction that a federal judge criticized last year as being unconstitutional. Even more frustrating to some is that the committee chair now refuses to talk about the reasons.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A statewide committee is refusing to change a criminal jury instruction that a federal judge criticized last year as being unconstitutional.
But what's even more frustrating to some attorneys who've been following the case is that the chair of the committee - who helped write the instruction and authored a state court ruling upholding it - refuses to discuss her reasoning.
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