California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gray v. Superior Court, 214 Cal.App.3d 545, 262 Cal.Rptr. 672 (Cal. App. 1989):
Bonillas states that "the verdict was incomplete under the law and the instructions" (People v. Bonillas, supra, at p. 769, 257 Cal.Rptr. 895, 771 P.2d 844. Emphasis added.) Thus, it is clear, there are two causes for the verdict being incomplete: the law and the instructions.
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