California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Young, 189 Cal.App.3d 891, 234 Cal.Rptr. 819 (Cal. App. 1987):
First, while some jurisdictions did require instructions on the consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. "California law [before Moore ] does not call for that sort of instruction." (People v. Smith (1973) 33 Cal.App.3d 51, 73, 108
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