Can a court's answer to a jury question be erroneous even if it is free of inaccuracies?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Manriquez, F066348, F066358 (Cal. App. 2015):
A trial court's answer to a jury question can be erroneous even if it is free of inaccuracies. In addition to avoiding incorrect statements of law, the court's answer must also "clear up any instructional confusion expressed by the jury. [Citations.]" (People v. Gonzalez (1990) 51 Cal.3d 1179, 1212, superseded by statute on another point as stated in In re Steele (2004) 32 Cal.4th 682, 691.)
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