How have courts treated the intent instruction in the context of a miscarriage of justice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garron, E061504 (Cal. App. 2016):
In any event, even if we had concluded the court abused its discretion in giving the intent instruction, the error would be harmless. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836 (Watson) ["a 'miscarriage of justice' should be declared only when the court, 'after an examination of the entire cause, including the evidence,' is of the 'opinion' that it is reasonably probable that a result more favorable to the appealing party would have been
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