Does a limiting instruction need to be made at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ortiz, B296617 (Cal. App. 2020):
of a request. [Citation.] Defendant did not request such an instruction at trial, and accordingly, the trial court had no duty to give a limiting instruction." (People v. Manning (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 870, 880.)6
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