Does a failure to instruct the jeopardy jury with the definition of "reasonable prospect of acquittal" contribute to a verdict obtained?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. West, A152085 (Cal. App. 2020):
harmless. We find beyond a reasonable doubt that the failure to instruct the jeopardy jury with the definition of "reasonable prospect of an acquittal" did not contribute to the verdict obtained. (People v. Wilkins, supra, 56 Cal.4th at p. 350.)
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