In what circumstances will a jury consider each crime and the relevant evidence in the order in which each crime should be considered?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Mendoza, C061047, No. 06F00291 (Cal. App. 2010):
consider each crime and the relevant evidence." Thus, any inadvertent suggestion as to the order in which the jury may be considering the offenses was not likely, when considered with the other instructions as a whole, to have indicated to the jury that it was precluded from considering the lesser offenses. (See People v. Dennis (1998) 17 Cal.4th 468, 536-537.)
The judgment is affirmed.
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