How have courts interpreted limiting modifiers such as "extreme" and "substantial" in a jury trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Weaver, 111 Cal.Rptr.2d 2, 26 Cal.4th 876, 29 P.3d 103 (Cal. 2001):
Prevented the jury from considering all relevant mitigating evidence because of the use of limiting modifiers such as "extreme" and "substantial."29 (People v. Box, supra, 23 Cal.4th at p. 1217, 99 Cal.Rptr.2d 69, 5 P.3d 130; People v. Turner (1994) 8 Cal.4th 137, 208, 32 Cal.Rptr.2d 762, 878 P.2d 521.)
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