Is there a "reasonable likelihood" that a jury misunderstood or misapplied the instructions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Gallego, C061749, No. 06F06085 (Cal. App. 2010):
In evaluating purportedly ambiguous instructions, we ask whether there was a "reasonable likelihood" the jury misunderstood or misapplied the instructions. (People v. Clair (1992) 2 Cal.4th 629, 662-663.) We do not think so here.
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