Under what circumstances would the jury have understood that a defendant committed one of the acts listed in the great bodily injury instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McLaurin, B250278 (Cal. App. 2015):
understood that its duty was to determine whether or not any of the overt acts actually occurred. (See People v. Cross, supra, 45 Cal.4th at p. 67 [concluding that in light of similar general instruction on applicability of instructions given, jury would have understood that its duty was to determine whether defendant committed one of the acts listed in the great bodily injury instruction].)
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