Does the Court have a duty to give a jury instructions that explain the minimum level of risk that the jury must agree upon?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Kirk, A129233 (Cal. App. 2011):

Appellant argues that the instructions did not go far enough because they "failed to explain the requisite minimum level of risk that the jury must agree upon." He did not request an additional instruction on this point and has not, in his appellate briefs, suggested clarifying language. "Once the trial court adequately instructs the jury on the law, it has no duty to give clarifying or amplifying instructions absent a request." (People v. Butler (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 998, 1013.)

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