Does the Attorney General rely on a single statement by the trial court to argue that the jury was properly instructed to consider the prosecutor's closing argument?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lewelling, 16 Cal.App.5th 276, 224 Cal.Rptr.3d 255 (Cal. App. 2017):
13 See fn. 5, ante, and People v. Mehserle, supra, 206 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1140, 1156, 142 Cal.Rptr.3d 423. The Attorney General relies on this single statement by the trial court to argue that the jurors were properly instructed, and could not have been misled by the other instructions, viewed in light of the prosecutor's closing argument.
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