Does the jury get an idea of the place that was burgled from the prosecutor's closing argument?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mackabee, 214 Cal.App.3d 1250, 263 Cal.Rptr. 183 (Cal. App. 1989):
The jury necessarily got its idea of the place that was burglarized from the jury instructions and the prosecutor's closing argument. (See People v. Carrera (1989) 49 Cal.3d 291, 313-314, 261 Cal.Rptr. 348, 777 P.2d 121 [despite jury instruction's reference
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