Does a jury have to review complete and correct instructions on defendant's charged offenses and defense?

Here, the trial court acted well within its discretion by directing the jury to review complete and correct instructions on defendant's charged offenses and defense. It first repeated the first sentence of CALCRIM No. 3425, which stated, "The People must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was conscious when he acted." The instructions further noted that the "defendant is not guilty of the crimes charged in Counts 1, 2 and 3 and of the lesser crimes to the charged crimes if he acted while unconscious." This was a correct statement of the law. (See People v.

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