Does the trial court erroneously instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence or the prosecution's burden of proof?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Crooks, F062098 (Cal. App. 2012):
Crooks does not contend the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on the presumption of innocence or the prosecution's burden of proof. We presume jurors are intelligent persons and capable of understanding and correlating all jury instructions that are given. (People v. Yoder (1979) 100 Cal.App.3d 333, 338.) We also presume that jurors follow those instructions. (People v. Horton (1995) 11 Cal.4th 1068, 1121.)
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