In what circumstances will the court grant defendant a motion to have a jury view the crime scene?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, 11 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1438, 121 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 2011 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1709, 247 P.3d 82, 51 Cal.4th 346 (Cal. 2011):

In this case, the court made many rulings favorable to defendant that are not raised on appeal. For example, over prosecution objection, it exercised its discretion to admit much evidence of specific instances of bad conduct to impeach the prosecution witnesses under our then-recent decision of People v. Wheeler (1992) 4 Cal.4th 284, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 418, 841 P.2d 938. We are reviewing only rulings adverse to defendant, but that does not mean the court continually ruled against him.

Defendant moved to have the jury view the crime scene. (See 1119.) He argued that

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