How have instructions been interpreted in a civil trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Amaya, E054885 (Cal. App. 2013):
of the instructions given, the entire record of trial, and the arguments of counsel.' [Citation]." (People v. Fiu (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 360, 370.) If the meaning of the instructions, as communicated to the jury, was unobjectionable, the instructions cannot be deemed erroneous. (People v. Benson (1990) 52 Cal.3d 754, 801.)
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