Is there any case law where a trial court's use of the term "equally guilty" was misleading or prejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, E061729 (Cal. App. 2016):
People v. Nero, supra, 181 Cal.App.4th 504 and People v. Loza (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 332, two cases that defendant relies on to support the proposition that the trial court's use of the term "equally guilty" was misleading and prejudicial, are
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