Is there any case law where a jury was instructed to convict a defendant of only two conspiracies rather than four?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Troncoso, D054675, No. JCF19091 (Cal. App. 2010):
Here, as discussed in detail above, it was reasonably probable that a properly instructed jury would have convicted Troncoso of, at most, two conspiracies instead of four. Therefore, the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on this point and the error was not harmless. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836 (Watson).)
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