Can a failure to instruct on the law of accomplices be reversible error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. James, 196 Cal.App.3d 272, 241 Cal.Rptr. 691 (Cal. App. 1987):
No cases have held failure to instruct on the law of accomplices to be reversible error per se. The leading authority, People v. Gordon, supra, describes our duty in this manner:
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