California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gentile, E069088 (Cal. App. 2018):
In reviewing a claim that the court's instructions were incorrect or misleading, we inquire whether there is a reasonable likelihood the jury understood the instructions as asserted by the defendant. (People v. Cross (2008) 45 Cal.4th 58, 67-68.) We consider the instructions as a whole and assume the jurors are intelligent persons capable of understanding and correlating all the instructions. (People v. Ramos (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 1082, 1088.)
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