Can a judge refuse to grant a limiting instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chacon, B225741 (Cal. App. 2011):
such an instruction and the trial court had no sua sponte duty to provide one. (People v. Smith (2007) 40 Cal.4th 483, 516 [under Evid. Code, 355, "'absent a request by defendant, the trial court has no sua sponte duty to give a limiting instruction'"].)
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