Is a failure to give the unanimity instruction harmless?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Goursau, A136664 (Cal. App. 2014):
dispute against the defendant and therefore would have convicted him of any of the various offenses shown by the evidence, the failure to give the unanimity instruction is harmless. [Citation.]" (People v. Thompson, supra, 36 Cal.App.4th at p. 853.)
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