Is a defendant obligated to provide a jury with written instructions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sheldon, 258 Cal.Rptr. 242, 48 Cal.3d 935, 771 P.2d 1330 (Cal. 1989):
Defendant concedes that at the time of trial the applicable statutes and case law [771 P.2d 1334] gave the court discretion to provide the jury with written instructions. (See former 1093, subd. (6), 1137; People v. Anderson (1966) 64 Cal.2d 633, 640, 51
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