Is it improper for a jury to single out one witness and charge how his evidence should be considered?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Taylor v. City of Burbank, B242502 (Cal. App. 2013):
credible. (See, e.g., People v. Wright (1988) 45 Cal.3d 1126, 1135-1136, fn. 6 ["When the proposed instruction focuses exclusively or primarily on the testimony of one witness, it runs afoul of a well settled corollary of the foregoing rule, i.e., that it is ' "improper for the court to single out a particular witness and to charge the jury how his evidence should be considered" ' "].)
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