How have the courts interpreted the entire cause of a defense counsel's failure to give a pinpoint instruction?

Even assuming the trial court erred, the error was harmless. In evaluating the impact of the trial court's refusal to give a pinpoint instruction, we consider " 'the entire cause, including the evidence,' " defense counsel's focus including argument on the evidence supporting the defense theory, and whether any given instructions would have precluded the jury "from giving that evidence its due weight." (People v. Wharton (1991) 53 Cal.3d 522, 571, 572.) We review the erroneous failure to give a pinpoint

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