What is the test for following the instructions of a judge to a jury?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McBryde v. Womack, 2013 BCCA 260 (CanLII):
The instructions of a trial judge to a jury are to be considered in their entirety and in the context of all of the evidence and the addresses of counsel: Moskaleva v. Laurie, 2009 BCCA 260 at paras. 75–76.
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